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The Skin Game ** (1931, Edmund Gwenn, Jill Esmond, C V France, Helen Haye) – Classic Movie Review 2101

Produced by British International Pictures, The Skin Game (1931) is worth a little look but it is a mostly fairly tedious experience, and one of Alfred Hitchcock’s least interesting movies, probably just of interest for Hitchcock […]

Jan, 23

Carry On at Your Convenience ** (1971, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth Cope) – Classic Movie Review 1,912

The Carry On team carries on round the comedy bend and celebrates their 1971 22nd movie Carry On at Your Convenience at a suitable location, W C Boggs’s lavatory factory. Sidney James stars as Sid […]

Dec, 03

MouseHunt **** (1997, Lee Evans, Nathan Lane, Christopher Walken) – Classic Movie Review 1649

  Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski’s 1997 farcical comedy is a total hoot, with a highly amusing and inventive screenplay by Alan Rifkin. Lee Evans and Nathan Lane are well cast as daft brothers […]

Sep, 07

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory *** (2005, Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 1613

Director Tim Burton’s 2005 version of the Roald Dahl family favourite is supremely sleek, tasteful, glossy and likeable, providing a great deal of pleasure if no real surprises. But, though it is attractive and appealing, […]

Aug, 31

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ***** (1971, Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson, Roy Kinnear, Aubrey Woods) – Classic Movie Review 1612

Director Mel Stuart’s 1971 family classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a beloved movie treasure, packed full to overflowing with the zaniest joie de vivre, and driven along at musical comedy full throttle. […]

Aug, 31

The Talk of the Town ***** (1942, Jean Arthur, Cary Grant, Ronald Colman) – Classic Movie Review 1308

Co-producer/director George Stevens’s 1942 classic love triangle comedy drama stars Jean Arthur as schoolteacher Nora Shelley, who is in love with both escaped murder suspect Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant), who’s hiding in her attic, and […]

Jun, 08

The Pajama Game ***** (1957, Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Reta Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 1151

Joint directors Stanley Donen and George Abbott deliver a stupendous 1957 movie of the exhilarating all-time-great musical The Pajama Game. It features the original stage cast except for Janis Paige, who is replaced by Doris […]

Apr, 27

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