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Dreamchild **** (1985, Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher, Jane Asher) – Classic Movie Review 8748

The late Jim Henson’s Creature Workshop created the wonderful Alice in Wonderland models for director Gavin Miller’s rich and resonant 1985 biographical comedy drama Dreamchild, which tells a revealing true story tale about the real […]

Jul, 23

The Double Life of Véronique [La Double Vie de Véronique] **** (1991, Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska) – Classic Movie Review 8718

Director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s 1991 drama The Double Life of Véronique [La Double Vie de Véronique] is a beautifully played, compassionately told, intriguingly written tale of two identical women – one French, the other Polish – […]

Jul, 16

Alice *** (1990, Mia Farrow, William Hurt, Joe Mantegna, Keye Luke, Alec Baldwin, Blythe Danner, Judy Davis, Bernadette Peters, Cybill Shepherd, Julie Kavner, Gwen Verdon, Patrick O’Neal) – Classic Movie Review 8687

Writer-director Woody Allen’s enjoyable 1990 romantic comedy Alice once again stars Mia Farrow, as Alice Tate, an uptight rich New York City housewife who meets and falls for handsome sax player Joe Ruffalo (Joe Mantegna), […]

Jul, 09

Second Act ** (2018, Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini, Treat Williams) – Movie Review

Jennifer Lopez is game and looks good, but director Peter Segal ‘s unrealistic, old-fashioned mix of the sassy, sexy and syrupy really just doesn’t work very well. Second Act (2018) tries to mix three different stories, […]

Jan, 30

The Children Act **** (2017, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead) – Movie Review

I’m not one to judge, but the admirable and involving The Children Act (2017) has a lot going for it, not least Emma Thompson. The admirable and involving The Children Act (2017) has a lot going for […]

Aug, 21

Sister Kenny *** (1946, Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger, Philip Merivale, Beulah Bondi) – Classic Movie Review 7262

A well cast Rosalind Russell was Oscar nominated for her dedicated acting as Sister Elizabeth Kenny in director Dudley Nichols’s stirring 1946 biopic based on Mary Kenny’s own story And They Shall Walk (written with Martha […]

Jul, 07

My Sister Eileen **** (1955, Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Betty Garrett, Bob Fosse, Kurt Kasznar, Horace McMahon, Dick York, Tommy Rall) – Classic Movie Review 7260

Wacky Betty Garrett and alluring Janet Leigh star as Ohio country girls Ruth and Eileen Sherwood in co-writer/ director Richard Quine’s 1955 musical remake of Rosalind Russell’s 1942 comedy My Sister Eileen about the adventures […]

Jul, 06

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