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Crooks Anonymous *** (1962, Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter, Julie Christie, James Robertson Justice, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Michael Medwin) – Classic Movie Review 8354

The engagingly daft 1962 vintage comedy Crooks Anonymous stars the admirable quartet of Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter, Wilfrid Hyde-White and James Robertson Justice. It is notable as Julie Christie’s feature film debut. Director Ken Annakin’s […]

Apr, 10

Safety Last! ***** (1923, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother) – Classic Movie Review 7915

Directors Sam Taylor and Fred Newmeyer’s grand 1923 silent classic movie Safety Last! stars Harold Lloyd and tells the effortlessly humorous tale of a country lad (Lloyd), involved in a romantic love affair with a […]

Dec, 17

In Fabric **** (2018, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Julian Barratt, Steve Oram, Fatma Mohamed, Jaygann Ayeh, Leo Bill, Hayley Squires) – Movie Review

Writer-director Peter Strickland’s In Fabric is an often hilarious black comedy ghost story about a cursed red dress that comes from an English department store winter sales and passes from person to person, with the […]

Oct, 16

Every Girl Should Be Married *** (1948, Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn, Alan Mowbray) – Classic Movie Review 7546

‘HOW CAN A MAN HOLD OUT when a gal’s got so much to give out!’ Co-writer/ co-producer/ director Don Hartman’s 1948 comedy Every Girl Should Be Married is based on a story Eleanor Harris, and […]

Sep, 05

Back Street *** (1961, Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles) – Classic Movie Review 7,001

Susan Hayward stars in the glossy 1961 romantic drama film Back Street – the third and least Universal Pictures version of the Fannie Hurst soap opera novel – perhaps most notable for the frocks by […]

May, 04

Our Blushing Brides *** (1930, Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, Dorothy Sebastian) – Classic Movie Review 5956

Joan Crawford and Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian return for producer-director Harry Beaumont’s 1930 all-talking follow-up to their silent film successes Our Dancing Daughters (1928) and Our Modern Maidens (1929). Crawford plays the role of Gerry March, a department store mannequin who falls in love […]

Aug, 22

Nocturama **** (2016, Finnegan Oldfield, Vincent Rottiers, Hamza Meziani, Manal Issa) – Movie Review

Writer-director Bertrand Bonello’s delirious, bonkers thriller is set in a troubled Paris, where a group of disaffected young men and women in their early twenties carry out four bomb attacks at various central locations and then hide […]

Oct, 17

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