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Heaven & Earth **** (1993, Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor, Joan Chen, Debbie Reynolds) – Classic Movie Review 2075

Writer-director Oliver Stone’s honourable, bold and brave 1993 conclusion to his Vietnam trilogy started by Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July sees him trying to view to see conflict from the Vietnamese side […]

Jan, 12

Purely Belter ** (2000, Chris Beattie, Greg McLane, Tim Healy, Roy Hudd, Kevin Whately, Charlie Hardwick) – Classic Movie Review 1979

From writer- director Mark Herman, the maker of Brassed Off and Little Voice, comes this pleasant and watchable 2000 British footie movie that stumbles just like previous attempts such as Escape to Victory, Best and […]

Dec, 20

Back to the Future Part III **** (1990, Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen) – Classic Movie Review 1935

For the final Back to the Future film of the trilogy in 1990, screenwriter Bob Gale comes up with the appealing idea to send Marty McFly (Michael J Fox) back to 1885. Marty has to […]

Dec, 08

My Dog Skip *** (2000, Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon) – Classic Movie Review 1917

Director Jay W Russell’s 2000 children’s movie stars Frankie Muniz (from TV’s Malcolm in the Middle), who leads a starry cast in a cute, heart-warming coming-of-age tale. It’s the true-life story of friendship between a […]

Dec, 07

Carry On Constable *** (1960, Sidney James, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Leslie Phillips) – Classic Movie Review 1,908

Gerald Thomas’s 1960 laughter-raiser Carry On Constable is number four in the Carry On series of 31 films. Sid James stars as police Sgt Frank Wilkins trying to cope with comic cops Kenneth Connor, Kenneth […]

Dec, 01

The Kiss **** (1929, Greta Garbo, Lew Ayres, Conrad Nagel, Anders Randolf) – Classic Movie Review 1838

The 1929 film The Kiss is the MGM studio’s – and Greta Garbo’s – last silent movie, a French-set romantic yarn about a jealous ageing businessman husband who gets bumped off – but by whom? […]

Nov, 12

Envy *** (2003, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Christopher Walken) – Classic Movie Review 1553

Director Barry Levinson’s 2003 movie is a totally bonkers, and increasingly bizarre comedy with a top cast and decent script (by Steve Adams) to make it work. Ben Stiller stars as Tim Dingman, who gets consumed with […]

Aug, 16

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