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Dogman **** (2018, Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano, Adamo Dionisi) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Matteo Garrone’s 2018 Italian neo-realist relationships drama, crime movie and revenge thriller Dogman has a simmering and then scalding impact. It comes from the director of the 2008 Gomorrah. Dogman is one heck of a strong, hard and […]

Dec, 10

Storm in a Teacup **** (1937, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Cecil Parker) – Classic Movie Review 7807

Rex Harrison, Cecil Parker and a young Vivien Leigh kick up a storm over an old Scots lady and a dog licence, in directors Ian Dalrymple and Victor Saville’s 1937 British clever canine caper Storm […]

Nov, 19

They All Laughed ** (1981, Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, John Ritter, Patti Hansen, Dorothy Stratten, Colleen Camp, Elizabeth Peña) – Classic Movie Review 7792

They All Laughed is a brave, possibly foolhardy title for Peter Bogdanovich’s 1982 screwball romantic comedy, in which there are bubbles in the madcap caper but they largely fall flat. The tale of New York private […]

Nov, 15

The Sheepman *** (1958, Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Nielsen) – Classic Movie Review 7630

Director George Marshall’s 1958 Western The Sheepman, based on a story by James Edward Grant, William Roberts, is well done all round. Glenn Ford stars as Jason Sweet, a stranger who comes to town to […]

Oct, 01

Laughing Gravy **** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard) – Classic Movie Review 7523

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy evict their dog, Laughing Gravy, when their mean, dog-hating landlord (Charlie Hall) finds him and then spend the rest of the freezing night looking for him. The boys come up with […]

Aug, 31

Topper Takes a Trip **** (1938, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray) – Classic Movie Review 7204

Roland Young returns for director Norman Z McLeod’s polished and highly amusing 1938 Topper Takes a Trip, the sequel to the 1937 supernatural fantasy comedy Topper, as haunted banker Cosmo P Topper, who goes to […]

Jun, 21

The Wolf Hunters ** (1949, Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton, Edward Norris) – Classic Movie Review 7148

Director Budd Boetticher’s humble 1949 Western stars Kirby Grant as Canadian Mountie Corporal Rod Webb, who tracks down evil fur trappers who are killing other fur trappers and stealing their furs, in this cost-conscious Monogram […]

Jun, 10

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