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The Little Shop of Horrors **** (1960, Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, Dick Miller, Jack Nicholson) – Classic Movie Review 3,870

Roger Corman spent only $30,000 and took just two days to shoot the now highly regarded 1960 cult black comedy horror film The Little Shop of Horrors. Incredibly, producer-director Roger Corman spent only $30,000 and […]

Jun, 15

Greed ***** (1924, Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt) – Classic Movie Review 2458

Co-writer/director Erich von Stroheim’s swirlingly obsessive 1924 epic silent movie tale of money obsession is ambitious and masterly. It was a critical and financial failure on its initial release, but by the 1950s it began […]

May, 06

Sidewalks of New York *** (2001, Edward Burns, Heather Graham, Rosario Dawson, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina) – Classic Movie Review 1610

Writer/co-producer Edward Burns directs this sprightly 2001 Woody Allen-style Manhattan relationship movie following the interlocking lives and loves of half a dozen New Yorkers. Burns also stars as Tommy, a TV producer who has a fling […]

Aug, 30

The Whole Nine Yards *** (2000, Matthew Perry, Bruce Willis, Rosanna Arquette) – Classic Movie Review 1,569

Matthew Perry is rewarded with the best possible star supporting player in Bruce Willis, in the often very funny 2000 crime comedy film The Whole Nine Yards, a weird screwball farce with a high body […]

Aug, 19

Waiting for Guffman **** (1996, Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy) – Classic Movie Review 1504

Funnymen Christopher Guest (This Is Spinal Tap, Best in Show) and Eugene Levy are the screen-writers for his amusing, good-natured 1996 ensemble comedy about a small Missouri town (Blaine) staging a pageant to celebrate its […]

Aug, 01

The Paleface **** (1948, Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 1171

Bob Hope stars in one of his best-loved roles as the totally inept dentist and confirmed coward ‘Painless’ Peter Potter, who hitches up with Jane Russell’s sharp-shooting gal Calamity Jane to dodge attacks from both Native […]

May, 02

MASH [M*A*S*H] ***** (1970, Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall) – Classic Movie Review 531

Director Robert Altman’s 1970 exhilarating satirical black comedy MASH [M*A*S*H] boasts hilarious dialogue, memorable characters and perfectly cast actors. There are hysterical turns and career-best playing by Donald Sutherland (Hawkeye), Elliott Gould (Trapper John) and Tom […]

Dec, 16

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