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Shed No Tears *** (1948, Wallace Ford, June Vincent, Mark Roberts, Frank Albertson) – Classic Movie Review 11,435

SOMETHING ALWAYS HAPPENED TO HER MEN… blackmail… double-cross… even MURDER!…  Director Jean Yarbrough’s brilliantly twisty, clever 1948 American film noir crime thriller Shed No Tears stars Wallace Ford, June Vincent, Mark Roberts, and Frank Albertson. […]

Jul, 31

Where the Buffalo Roam **** (1980, Peter Boyle, Bill Murray, Bruno Kirby, René Auberjonois, R G Armstrong, Rafael Campos, Leonard Frey) – Classic Movie Review 10,239

Director Art Linson’s 1980 Where the Buffalo Roam stars Bill Murray as the spaced-out, drug-addicted gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson and Peter Boyle as his unorthodox attorney Oscar Acosta (here called Carl Lazlo) in this […]

Aug, 30

The Divorce of Lady X **** (1938, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 8685

Director Tim Whelan’s fun and carefree 1938 British screwball romantic comedy drama The Divorce of Lady X stars Laurence Olivier as barrister Everard Logan, a divorce lawyer who thinks widowed Lord Steele (Morton Selten)’s daughter […]

Jul, 08

Bad Times at the El Royale **** (2018, Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman) – Movie Review

In 1969, several strangers – an old priest (Jeff Bridges) with a liking for scotch and money, but with early onset dementia, a struggling African American female singer (Cynthia Erivo), a talkative salesman (Jon Hamm) […]

Jan, 04

Things Change **** (1988, Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, J J Johnston, Ricky Jay) – Classic Movie Review 7831

Director David Mamet’s 1988 crime comedy drama Things Change is his intelligent and literate follow-up to his 1987 debut as director, House of Games. It is written by Mamet and Shel Silverstein. It is a strangely old-fashioned gangster […]

Nov, 25

Frantic **** (1988, Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner, Alexandra Stewart, John Mahoney) – Classic Movie Review 6663

Director Roman Polanski’s mischievous 1988 thriller is a hugely entertaining Hitchcock spoof starring Harrison Ford as the earnest, sympathetic middle-aged hero, Dr Richard Walker, the typical innocent abroad. Dr Walker is an American in Paris […]

Feb, 08

Insignificance **** (1985, Gary Busey, Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell, Michael Emil, Will Sampson) – Classic Movie Review 6615

Insignificance is very entertaining, witty and intelligent. Perhaps against the odds, director Nicolas Roeg has a total success with the idea for his 1985 British comedy drama film. It is a straightforward filming of Terry […]

Jan, 28

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