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Nowhere Boy **** (2009, Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff, Thomas Sangster, David Threlfall, Josh Bolt, Ophelia Lovibond) – Classic Movie Review 4419
Aaron Johnson (from 2008’s Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging) captures the young John Lennon perfectly in director Sam Taylor-Wood’s inspired 2009 early-years biopic that reveals him as a troubled bunny. Lennon is shown as desperately […]
Inside I’m Dancing [Rory O’Shea Was Here] **** (2004, James McAvoy, Steven Robertson, Romola Garai, Brenda Fricker) – Classic Movie Review 4357
Director Damien O’Donnell’s funny, life-affirming and heart breaking 2004 movie tale of friendship between two disabled young men is the best Brit film in ages. Rebel Rory O’Shea (James McAvoy) arrives at a drab Dublin residential […]
A Summer’s Tale [Conte d’été] *** (1996, Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon, Aurelia Nolin) – Classic Movie Review 4249
Writer-director Eric Rohmer’s oh so French 1996 romantic drama A Summer’s Tale [Conte d’été] is engaging, appealing and eventually quite touching, even if it is not quite from the great director’s top drawer because of […]
Step Brothers **** (2008, Will Ferrell, John C Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins, Kathryn Hahn, Adam Scott) – Classic Movie Review 4186
Will Ferrell and John C Reilly’s second movie together, 2008’s riotous Step Brothers, follows 2006’s uneven Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. In the admirably silly story by Ferrell, Reilly and director Adam McKay, the duo play middle-aged slacker […]
Steel Magnolias *** (1989, Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 4064
Director Herbert Ross’s 1989 comedy drama about a close-knit circle of friends, based on the Broadway play by Robert Harling, showcases classy acting from a top-notch female all-star cast of Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley […]
Beaches **** (1988, Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan) – Classic Movie Review 4060
Director Garry Marshall’s 1988 movie is all about the ups and downs of a lifetime’s friendship between two women, which makes a refreshing change, especially with these stars. It was hugely popular among female audiences […]
Love & Friendship ***½ (2016, Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel, Tom Bennett ) – Movie Review
Writer-director Whit Stillman takes on Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan. It’s a minor work and it can’t help being a minor film. But Stillman tries all he can and knows to make a success of it, with good, highly civilised, polished results […]