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Crazy Mama *** (1975, Cloris Leachman, Ann Sothern, Linda Purl, Stuart Whitman, Jim Backus, Tisha Sterling) – Classic Movie Review 5362

Director Jonathan Demme’s second movie (after Caged Heat) is this exciting 1975 exploitation crime thriller, with the young Demme again working for Roger Corman’s New World Pictures production company. Robert Thom’s screenplay is based on the […]

Apr, 29

Graduation [Bacalaureat] ***** (2016, Adrian Titieni, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Rares Andrici) – Movie Review

Romanian writer-director Cristian Mungiu’s drama is a precision-tooled marvel as he examines the sacrifices and compromises demanded of parents. The combination of subtle and hard hitting is brilliant. Mungiu won Best Director as Cannes, tied […]

Apr, 03

This Property Is Condemned ***½ (1966, Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Mary Badham, Kate Reid, Charles Bronson) – Classic Movie Review 5044

Director Sydney Pollack 1966 dysfunctional family romantic drama is typical Tennessee Williams fare, though his two-hander, one-act play is merely the starting point of a more ambitious movie screenplay co-written by the young Francis Coppola. […]

Feb, 22

Why Him? *** (2016, James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Megan Mullally, Zoey Deutch) – Movie Review

Middle-aged couple Bryan Cranston and Megan Mullally are invited by their 22-year-old daughter (Zoey Deutch) to spend the holidays getting too know her new, older Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend (James Franco) at his modernist mansion. […]

Jan, 02

Stitch! The Movie **½ (2003, voices of Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames) – Classic Movie Review 4824

Hawaii ya? Dr Jumba (voice of David Ogden Stiers) is abducted and other aliens are found, while cute little alien Stitch tries to be at home with little girl Lilo’s Hawaiian neighbours. Disney’s daffy, pleasant […]

Dec, 30

No Peace under the Olives [Non C’è Pace tra gli Ulivi] *** (1950, Raf Vallone, Lucia Bosé, Folco Lulli) – Classic Movie Review 4767

After fighting for his country, a young Italian peasant returns to his home in the hills only to find himself involved in more bloodshed when he avenges himself on the landowner who stole his girl […]

Dec, 06

Suburban Mayhem *** (2006, Emily Barclay, Michael Dorman, Steve Bastoni, Laurence Breuls, Anthony Hayes, Mia Wasikowska) – Classic Movie Review 4530

The 22-year-old Emily Barclay, award-winner as most promising newcomer for In My Father’s Den in 2005, edges nearer stardom for her stirring, unnerving performance in this striking, sexy little 2006 Aussie black comedy as a […]

Oct, 24

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