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It’s Love Again **** (1936, Jessie Matthews, Robert Young, Sonnie Hale) – Classic Movie Review 10,498

The 1936 British musical film It’s Love Again is a splendid vehicle for the effervescent Jessie Matthews as an ambitious chorus girl masquerading as a rich big-game hunter to boost her showbiz career. Director Victor […]

Nov, 04

Broadway Melody of 1936 **** (1935, Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, June Knight, Sid Silvers, Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, Una Merkel, Frances Langford) – Classic Movie Review 3625

It took MGM quite a while to come up with a sequel to their 1929 Best Picture Oscar-winning  box-office smash, The Broadway Melody, but here finally, six years later in 1935, it is. However, they […]

Apr, 27

Trumbo **** (2015, Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Elle Fanning) – Movie Review

Director Jay Roach’s riveting 2015 movie tells the crucial story of the diabolical Hollywood blacklist and America’s persecution of left-wingers and radicals that brought appalling harm to individuals, some jailed after committing no crime, and shame […]

Jan, 13

Hitch – Classic Film Review 637

Will Smith stars as Hitch, aka Alex Hitchens, a smarty-pants date doctor who teaches men how to win the girl of their dreams. Hitch can help everyone – including timid and tubby accountant Kevin James, who is […]

Jan, 06

La Dolce Vita ***** (1960, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimee, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny, Lex Barker, Nadia Gray) – Classic Movie Review 628

Co-writer/director Federico Fellini infamously dissects the decadent life of Rome in 1960, a world populated by cynical journalists and dissolute, disillusioned people like bored socialite Maddalena (Anouk Aimée), sexpot film star Sylvia (Anita Ekberg) and strip-teasing countess […]

Jan, 05

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