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For Richer, for Poorer [Father, Son and the Mistress] ** (1992, Jack Lemmon, Talia Shire, Jonathan Silverman, Joanna Gleason, Madeline Kahn) – Classic Movie Review 10,383

A contrived situation, a feeble script? Just call for comedy master Jack Lemmon to bail it out. Director Jay Sandrich’s 1992 TV movie For Richer, for Poorer [Father, Son and the Mistress] stars Jack Lemmon, […]

Oct, 04

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors *** (1991, Joan Hickson, Jean Simmons, Joss Ackland, Faith Brook, David Horovitch) – Classic Movie Review 9,640

Shots are fired in a darkened room in the lively, inventive and unusual 1991 TV movie Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors. Joan Hickson takes on her eleventh case as the BBC’s detective Miss […]

Apr, 16

Valley of the Zombies ** (1946, Robert Livingston, Lorna Gray, Ian Keith, Thomas E Jackson, Charles Trowbridge) – Classic Movie Review 9599

‘BLOOD MADNESS… Out Of The Fog… Into Your Heart!’ Don’t look for a valley or zombies or thrills in director Philip Ford’s amusingly laughable 1946 Republic Pictures quickie horror chiller Valley of the Zombies about […]

Apr, 05

Jamaica Run ** (1953, Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Wendell Corey, Patric Knowles) – Classic Movie Review 9169

Mayhem and murder ensue when there are six rivals for a family estate in writer-director Lewis R Foster’s routine, production-line 1953 Caribbean ocean-going mystery action thriller Jamaica Run. Ray Milland stars as schooner captain Patrick […]

Dec, 18

Eye of the Devil ** (1967, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Emlyn Williams, Flora Robson, Donald Pleasence, David Hemmings, Sharon Tate) – Classic Movie Review 8842

Director J Lee Thompson’s promising but clunky 1967 occult crime horror mystery thriller Eye of the Devil stars David Niven, who looks lost as Philippe de Montfaucon, the wine-growing French marquis who has to be […]

Aug, 19

The Shooting Party **** (1985, James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud, Gordon Jackson, Cheryl Campbell, Robert Hardy, Frank Windsor, Rupert Frazer, Judi Bowker) – Classic Movie Review 6278

Edwardian barrister Lionel Stephens (Rupert Frazer) engages with renowned sportsman Lord Gilbert Hartlip (Edward Fox) in an escalating contest over who can shoot the most game in director Alan Bridges’s rich and rewarding 1985 British […]

Nov, 21

The Draughtsman’s Contract ***** (1982, Janet Suzman, Anthony Higgins) – Classic Movie Review 4577

Wayward genius writer-director Peter Greenaway’s 1982 British historical mystery is incredibly beautiful looking and most handsomely played, though it can be infuriating, at any rate as a The Name of the Rose-style arty period thriller. […]

Nov, 02

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