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Pride & Prejudice **** (2005, Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Tom Hollander, Judi Dench, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Simon Woods) – Classic Movie Review 706

Keira Knightley makes a lovely job of her posh role as Elizabeth Bennet, proud heroine of this first movie of Jane Austen’s classic since the Hollywood Pride and Prejudice in 1940 with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. […]

Jan, 16

Goodbye Charlie Bright **** (2001, Paul Nicholls, Roland Manookian, Phil Daniels, Danny Dyer, Jamie Foreman, Dani Behr) – Classic Movie Review 685

Goodbye Charlie Bright tells the story of a group of South London school friends begin drifting apart as they approach adulthood. It focuses on the relationship between two of them, Charlie Bright and Justin, over four hot days. This is […]

Jan, 14

The Reckoning *** (2002, Willem Dafoe, Paul Bettany, Brian Cox, Tom Hardy, Gina McKee, Vincent Cassel, Marián Aguilera) – Classic Movie Review 670

Paul Bettany scores in the 2002 murder-mystery film The Reckoning as a 14th-century English fugitive priest hiding out with a troupe of actors, who witnesses the murder of a travelling player. Willem Dafoe, Brian Cox […]

Jan, 11

A Matter of Life and Death [Stairway to Heaven] ***** (1946, David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey ) – Classic Movie Review 604

‘This is a story of two worlds the one we know and another which exists only in the mind of a young airman whose life and imagination have been violently shaped by war. Any resemblance to […]

Dec, 31

A Canterbury Tale **** (1944, Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet) – Classic Movie Review 603

Writer-producer-director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s extraordinary 1944 wartime film tells an extremely mysterious and engaging story about a British tank soldier called Peter Gibbs (Dennis Price in his debut), an American Army sergeant (John Sweet) […]

Dec, 31

My Beautiful Laundrette **** (1985, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Shirley Anne Field) – Classic Movie Review 461

Director Stephen Frears’s 1985 heart-warmer raises the spirits. It stars future double-Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis, who first captured the attention on screen here as Johnny, a gay, reformed racist punk. The Beautiful Laundrette of the title is […]

Nov, 30

Howards End ***** (1992, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Samuel West, Prunella Scales, Jemma Redgrave, James Wilby) – Classic Movie Review 449

James Ivory’s triple Oscar-winning 1992 film is in many ways his masterpiece, certainly a close tie with The Remains of the Day (1993). Director Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant’s third adaptation of an E M […]

Nov, 25

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