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The Late George Apley *** (1947, Ronald Colman, Edna Best, Vanessa Brown, Richard Haydn, Peggy Cummins) – Classic Movie Review 11,982

Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1947 comedy romance film The Late George Apley stars Ronald Colman, Edna Best and Peggy Cummins, and is based on John P Marquand’s hit novel and play. Director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1947 […]

Mar, 05

Flesh and Blood ** (1951, Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, Joan Greenwood, André Morell, Ursula Howells, Freda Jackson, George Cole, James Hayter) – Classic Movie Review 11,576

Richard Todd stars in a dual role in the 1951 British drama film Flesh and Blood, based on the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, about three generations of the Scottish Cameron family. Director […]

Sep, 15

Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch ** (1934, Pauline Lord, W C Fields, ZaSu Pitts, Evelyn Venable) – Classic Movie Review 11,573

Director Norman Taurog’s humorous 1934 Paramount Pictures comedy-drama film Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is worth watching for the performers and the laughs, even if the antique emotional manipulation seems too crude today. W […]

Sep, 14

Quiet Weekend *** (1946, Derek Farr, Marjorie Fielding, George Thorpe, Frank Cellier, Helen Shingler, Barbara White, Edward Rigby) – Classic Movie Review 8623

Derek Farr stars as Denys Royd, who goes to the country for the weekend at a run-down cottage with his parents (Marjorie Fielding and George Thorpe) and obnoxious socialite girlfriend, in the 1946 British comedy […]

Jun, 22

Beautiful Boy ** (2018, Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan) – Movie Review

Steve Carell stars as real-life troubled dad David Sheff and Timothée Chalamet co-stars as his drug and booze addicted son Nic Sheff in Belgian co-writer/ director Felix Van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy, a drama of an […]

Oct, 13

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead *** (2018, Neil Maskell, Sam Riley, Bill Paterson, Charles Dance, Joe Cole) – Movie Review

Writer-director Ben Wheatley’s semi-improvised ensemble comedy drama Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) is dark and sour, with a bunch of really horrible loser characters, but it is undeniably funny in places in its black comedy […]

Oct, 11

I Never Sang for My Father **** (1970, Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons) – Classic Movie Review 7210

Producer-director Gilbert Cates turns a 1964 flop play by Robert Anderson into a showcase for a group of powerhouse performances in his 1970 drama I Never Sang for My Father. It is a guarantee of […]

Jun, 23

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