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Same Time, Next Year *** (1978, Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn) – Classic Movie Review 11,475

Director Robert Mulligan’s 1978 American romantic comedy-drama film Same Time, Next Year stars Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn, and is based on the 1975 Broadway and London West End hit play by Bernard Slade, who […]

Aug, 13

My Dinner with Andre **** (1981, Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler) – Classic Movie Review 11,260

Director Louis Malle’s 1981 scripted documentary My Dinner with Andre is a tour de force by writer/stars Wallace Shawn (the actor/ playwright) and Andre Gregory (the theatre director) as the two old friends having a […]

Jun, 02

Ali Baba et les 40 Voleurs [Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves] *** (1954, Fernandel, Samia Gamal, Dieter Borsche, Henri Vilbert) – Classic Movie Review 8674

Director Jacques Becker’s 1954 Eastmancolor French comedy fantasy romance film Ali Baba et les 40 Voleurs [Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves] stars lovely old Fernandel, who is inspired casting as Ali Baba. His rich oriental […]

Jul, 04

The Blue Lagoon *** (1949, Jean Simmons, Donald Houston, Susan Stranks, Peter Rudolph Jones, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, James Hayter) – Classic Movie Review 7422

Following a 1923 silent, director Frank Launder’s 1949 The Blue Lagoon is the original Forties film version of Henry De Vere Stacpoole’s novel about a boy and girl, marooned on a desert island, who grow […]

Aug, 10

Twice Two ** (1933, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Baldwin Cooke) – Classic Movie Review 7369

Director James Parrott’s 1933 20-minute short Twice Two finds Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy playing both themselves and, creepily but hilariously, each other’s wives. It is a year since Stan married Ollie’s sister and Ollie […]

Jul, 29

Dodsworth **** (1936, Walter Huston, Mary Astor, Ruth Chatterton, David Niven, Paul Lukas) – Classic Movie Review 6428

Walter Huston, Mary Astor, Ruth Chatterton, David Niven and Paul Lukas star in director William Wyler’s heartwarming, life-affirming 1936 film from producer Samuel Goldwyn. Production designer Richard Day won an Oscar for Best Art Direction, and […]

Dec, 19

The Last Supper *** (1995, Cameron Diaz, Courtney B Vance, Charles Durning, Ron Perlman, Annabeth Gish, Bill Paxton) – Classic Movie Review 6411

Director Stacy Title’s edgy and awkward 1995 political black comedy thriller stars Cameron Diaz, Courtney B Vance, Charles Durning, Ron Perlman, Annabeth Gish and Bill Paxton. The screenplay is by Dan Rosen, in which a […]

Dec, 15

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