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Shooting for Socrates ** (2014, John Hannah, Art Parkinson) – Movie Review
John Hannah does his best as eccentric Northern Ireland coach Billy Bingham in writer-director James Erskine‘s well-meaning but plodding story of Northern Ireland’s 1986 World Cup campaign. Art Parkinson plays footie-mad nine year old Tommy, […]
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery *** (1939, Leslie Banks, Greta Gynt, Esmond Knight) – Classic Movie Review 2455
Leslie Banks gives a good, solid and splendidly offbeat star performance as Detective Inspector Anthony Slade, an oddball Scotland Yard policeman, in director Thorold Dickinson’s fair, fun 1939 little British murder mystery thriller. It is notable as […]
Best ** (2000, John Lynch, Ian Bannen, Jerome Flynn, Ian Hart) – Classic Movie Review 2121
Writing with director Mary McGuckian, actor John Lynch realises a long-cherished ambition to tell the life story of former Manchester United football legend, George Best – ‘I spent a lot of money on booze, birds […]
The Fortune Cookie [Meet Whiplash Willie] **** (1966, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Cliff Osmond, Judi West, Lurene Tuttle, Ned Glass, Sig Ruman) – Classic Movie Review 1986
Director Billy Wilder’s 1966 comedy gem The Fortune Cookie [Meet Whiplash Willie] is one of the marvellous teamings of the irreplaceable odd couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, finding them a pair of their best […]
Purely Belter ** (2000, Chris Beattie, Greg McLane, Tim Healy, Roy Hudd, Kevin Whately, Charlie Hardwick) – Classic Movie Review 1979
From writer- director Mark Herman, the maker of Brassed Off and Little Voice, comes this pleasant and watchable 2000 British footie movie that stumbles just like previous attempts such as Escape to Victory, Best and […]
Any Given Sunday **** (1999, Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, L L Cool J) – Classic Movie Review 1561
Co-writer/director Oliver Stone’s 1999 sports movie Any Given Sunday finds Al Pacino on blistering form as Tony D’Amato, an ageing crusty veteran professional football coach who has obsessively sacrificed his wife, family and personal life for […]
All the Right Moves *** (1983, Tom Cruise, Craig T Nelson, Lea Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 1522
Director Michael Chapman’s sensitive 1983 sports and coming-of-age drama All the Right Moves provides an engaging early vehicle for Tom Cruise. The megastar-to-be is on compelling and convincing form as Stefen Djordjevic, an eager and stubborn […]