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Sisters *** (2015, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz, Dianne Wiest, James Brolin, John Cena, John Leguizamo) – Movie Review

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey play the unlikeliest of sisters decide to throw an epic party when their parents decide to sell their family home. Predictable, sometimes funny mayhem ensues. It’s more or less a two-woman show for two […]

Dec, 10

September **** (1987, Denholm Elliott, Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Sam Waterston, Jack Warden) – Classic Movie Review 3039

Writer-director Woody Allen’s powerful 1987 Ingmar Bergman-style movie is an intense, serious psychological drama from Allen in which six people (played by Denholm Elliott, Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Sam Waterston and Jack Warden) try […]

Nov, 07

Radio Days **** (1987, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Seth Green, Julie Kavner, Josh Mostel) – Classic Movie Review 2150

Writer-director Woody Allen’s episodic 1987 movie is a loving tribute to the radio heydays of the 40s is one of his best, most relaxed and winsome films. The film looks back on one American family’s life […]

Feb, 03

The Lost Boys **** (1987, Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Barnard Hughes, Edward Herrmann, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth, Alex Winter) – Classic Movie Review 1823

Sparky, imaginative, eye-catching and often very funny, director Joel Schumacher’s exuberant 1987 vampire teen horror movie is an enduring pleasure as a treasured Eighties relic. It revived the vampire film, giving it a cool, sexy spin for […]

Nov, 09

The Purple Rose of Cairo **** (1985, Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello) – Classic Movie Review 1812

Writer-director Woody Allen’s witty, bitter-sweet 1985 romantic fantasy comedy is a enchanting treat. It won the Bafta award for Best Film and the César Award for Best Foreign Film, as well as  the FIPRESCI Prize at […]

Nov, 06

Hannah and her Sisters ***** (1986, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine, Woody Allen, Barbara Hershey, Max von Sydow, Sam Waterston, Carrie Fisher) – Classic Movie Review 1796

Writer-director Woody Allen’s triple-Oscar-winning 1986 crowd-pleaser Hannah and her Sisters is one of his best and most enduring movies. Some even say it is his finest work. Allen’s then partner Mia Farrow stars as famous […]

Nov, 02

I Am Sam *** (2001, Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning) – Classic Movie Review 1752

Co-writer/director Jessie Nelson’s highly emotional 2001 drama showcases Sean Penn’s Oscar-nominated performance as the developmentally challenged, brain-of-seven single parent Sam, who just wants to keep custody of the seven-year-old daughter her loves, little Lucy (Dakota […]

Oct, 07

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