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Follow That Dream * (1962, Elvis Presley, Arthur O’Connell, Anne Helm) – Classic Movie Review 6551

Director Gordon Douglas’s 1962 musical romantic comedy is a slushy vehicle for Elvis Presley, with five unmemorable songs. Presley as Toby Kwimper? I don’t think so! Charles Lederer’s slack screenplay is taken from Richard C […]

Jan, 12

Where the Boys Are *** (1960, Dolores Hart, Paula Prentiss, Yvette Mimieux, Barbara Nichols, Connie Francis, George Hamilton, Jim Hutton) – Classic Movie Review 6235

Dolores Hart, Paula Prentiss, Yvette Mimieux, Barbara Nichols and Connie Francis head for Florida’s Fort Lauderdale for Spring Break at Easter, where they find that the boys, including George Hamilton and Jim Hutton, are gorgeous. […]

Nov, 12

Porky’s ** (1981, Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson, Kim Cattrall, Art Hindle) – Classic Movie Review 5650

Writer-director Bob Clark’s irrepressibly, joyfully vulgar and smutty 1981 Canadian coming-of-age sex comedy Porky’s hit the jackpot, following in the wake of Animal House (1978). It cost only $5 million and earned $106 million at […]

Jun, 21

Sweet Bird of Youth **** (1962, Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ed Begley, Mildred Dunnock, Rip Torn, Shirley Knight) – Classic Movie Review 5236

Writer-director Richard Brooks’s 1962 movie is a really rather impressive, fine and resonant film version of this esteemed and typical Tennessee Williams play. Paul Newman gives an attractive performance as the ambitious but charming young […]

Apr, 02

Marley & Me **** (2008, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, Alan Arkin, Kathleen Turner, Ann Dowd, Clarke Peters, Haley Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 4909

Attention, dog lovers! Director David Frankel’s fairly adorable 2008 comedy drama features Owen Wilson as Me, Marley as his labrador dog (named after Bob Marley) and Jennifer Aniston as his wife. The humans are both journalists, […]

Jan, 19

Jaws III [Jaws 3D] ** (1983, Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale, Louis Gossett Jnr) – Classic Movie Review 4900

Debut director Joe Alves’s 1983 all-new second Jaws sequel Jaws III [Jaws 3D] is at least a novelty, totally unconnected with Jaws (1975) and Jaws 2 (1978) and with none of the original cast involved. No […]

Jan, 16

Live by Night ** (2016, Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson) – Movie Review

Ben Affleck and Chris Messina star as Joe Coughlin and Dion Bartolo, a couple of Boston gangsters who, to get themselves out of trouble, do a deal with Italian mobster Maso Pescatore (Remo Girone) and set […]

Jan, 13

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