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Magnificent Obsession **** (1935, Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Ralph Morgan, Charles Butterworth) – Classic Movie Review 11,234

Universal’s 1935 black and white weepie romantic melodrama Magnificent Obsession is based on the 1929 novel by Lloyd C Douglas, and stars Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor. ‘She HATED Him in self-defence… because she hungered […]

May, 23

Street Corner *** (1953, Anne Crawford, Peggy Cummins, Rosamund John, Terence Morgan, Barbara Murray, Sarah Lawson, Ronald Howard, Eleanor Summerfield, Michael Medwin, Maurice Denham, Thora Hird, Dora Bryan, Joyce Carey) – Classic Movie Review 11,085

‘TORN from the records of women who fight crime!’ Director Muriel Box’s 1953 realist crime drama Street Corner [Both Sides of the Law] is an interesting women’s riposte to The Blue Lamp (1950) that spawned […]

Apr, 09

This Is My Life *** (1992, Julie Kavner, Samantha Mathis, Gaby Hoffmann, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher) – Classic Movie Review 10,907

Director Nora Ephron’s appealing and amusing 1992 comedy drama This Is My Life stars Julie Kavner, Samantha Mathis, Gaby Hoffmann, Carrie Fisher and Dan Aykroyd. Nora Ephron, the Oscar-nominated writer of Silkwood (1983), When Harry […]

Feb, 12

Three Men and a Cradle [3 Hommes et un Couffin] **** (1985, Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, André Dussollier) – Classic Movie Review 10,043

Director Coline Serreau’s 1985 Three Men and a Cradle [Trois Hommes et un Couffin] stars Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah and André Dussollier as three high-living bachelors (Pierre, Michel, Jacques) who become the guardians of a […]

Jul, 15

El Norte [The North] **** (1984, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz) – Classic Movie Review 9842

Director Gregory Nava’s timely 1984 milestone immigrant saga El Norte [The North] is the moving, thoughtful and exciting tale of a Guatemalan brother and sister who escape across the US – Mexico border to LA […]

May, 30

Big Business *** (1988, Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward) – Classic Movie Review 9828

‘Two’s company. Four’s a riot.’ An amusing screenplay and winning performances by brassy Bette Midler and subtle Lily Tomlin as two sets of identical twins ensured big business for Big Business (1988), this funny screwball […]

May, 27

Olivier, Olivier **** (1992, Brigitte Roüan, François Cluzet, Jean-François Stévenin, Grégoire Colin) – Classic Movie Review 9772

Writer-director Agnieszka Holland’s 1991 drama Olivier, Olivier is her underrated successor to her 1990 hit Europa Europa. It is an extremely affecting tale of a distraught French suburban family who eagerly embrace the broke rent-boy […]

May, 15

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