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- The Secret of the Whistler *** (1946, Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Michael Duane, Mary Currier, Mona Barrie, Claire Du Brey) – Classic Movie Review 13,253
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Fever Pitch ** (1997, Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Luke Aikman, Neil Pearson, Mark Strong) – Classic Movie Review 6073
Debut director David Evans turns Nick Hornby’s best-selling autobiography into a sticky romantic comedy about a man a crazy over a football team and considerably less interested in a woman, set during the 1988-89 football […]
Till Death Us Do Part [Alf ‘n Family] *** (1968, Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Anthony Booth, Una Stubbs) – Classic Movie Review 6050
Director Norman Cohen’s 1968 hit comedy is the first spinoff from the hit BBC TV show Till Death Us Do Part. Regular writer Johnny Speight’s original story and screenplay show how the famous London East […]
My Name Is Joe **** (1998, Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, Gary Lewis, David McKay, Lorraine McIntosh, Anne-Marie Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 4233
The best and worst of life on one of the toughest Glasgow estates are observed in writer Paul Laverty and director Ken Loach’s raw and insightful 1998 film. Peter Mullan stars as the man named Joe, an out […]
Escape to Victory [Victory] *** (1981, Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow, Pelé, Bobby Moore) – Classic Movie Review 4115
Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone star in a fairly awesome movie about using a soccer game to cover an escape from a German POW camp in WWII. Director John Huston’s eccentric 1981 prisoner-of-war adventure hokum […]
The Last Boy Scout *** (1991, Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans) – Classic Movie Review 3602
Director Tony Scott’s ultra-slick and exciting if repellently violent 1991 neo noir thriller / buddy-buddy action movie The Last Boy Scout stars Bruce Willis as cynical private eye Joe Hallenbeck who teams up with former football […]
Life or Something Like It ** (2002, Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Christian Kane, James Gammon, Melissa Errico, Stockard Channing) – Classic Movie Review 3027
Director Stephen Herek’s 2002 romantic comedy drama is a plush, well-acted but largely dreary heart-tugger, in which Angelina Jolie plays Seattle TV news reporter Lanie Kerrigan who interviews a psychic homeless man (Tony Shalhoub) about […]
There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble *** (2000, Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Lewis McKenzie, Jane Lapotaire, Gina McKee) – Classic Movie Review 2795
This easy-going junior-league British footie comedy comes from director John Hay in 2000, complete with a well-meaning, too-cosy, simple story, and laid-back, appealing performances. Lewis McKenzie plays shy, bullied Manchester schoolboy Jimmy Grimble who would […]