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Dunston Checks In *** (1996, Jason Alexander, Rupert Everett, Faye Dunaway) – Classic Movie Review 3869

Director Ken Kwapis’s daft 1996 family adventure comedy stars Jason Alexander as luxurious Majestic Hotel manager Robert Grant, who can handle anything – until thieving orangutan Dunston checks in. Rupert Everett is classy as the […]

Jun, 15

Avanti! ***** (1972, Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Reville, Edward Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 3668

The neglected and underrated 1972 comedy film Avanti! is one of the great director Billy Wilder’s wittiest comedies, with one of Jack Lemmon’s funniest performances as a successful but stuffy Baltimore businessman Wendell Armbruster Jr, […]

May, 07

On Your Toes *** (1939, Vera Zorina, Eddie Albert, Alan Hale Sr, Frank McHugh) – Classic Movie Review 3631

Director Ray Enright’s disappointingly flat-footed 1939 Warner Bros film version of the great 1936 Broadway hit musical by George Abbott, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart unfortunately lacks the spark and most of the music of […]

Apr, 29

Private Lives *** (1931, Robert Montgomery, Norma Shearer, Reginald Denny, Una Merkel) – Classic Movie Review 3593

Director Sidney Franklin’s 1931 movie is a flat, stage bound and Americanised but still fairly amusing version of an all-time great classic stage comedy of manners by Noël Coward. One of the problems is that […]

Apr, 19

Idiot’s Delight ***** (1939, Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward Arnold, Burgess Meredith, Charles Coburn, Fritz Feld, Joseph Schildkraut) – Classic Movie Review 3541

Director Clarence Brown’s 1939 show Idiot’s Delight is a delight all right. This MGM version of the Robert E Sherwood hit play is an all-time great movie hit too thanks to Clark Gable’s nonchalant turn […]

Apr, 08

Hotel Transylvania **** (2012, voices of Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Selena Gomez, Adam Samberg) – Classic Movie Review 3437

Adam Sandler provides the voice of Dracula and Kevin James that of Frankenstein for director Genndy Tartakovsky’s delightful, lovingly crafted 2012 animated family comedy. It is set in the present day when Drac’s home is […]

Mar, 02

Kid Galahad **** (1937, Edward G Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Harry Carey Sr, Jane Bryan, Veda Ann Borg) – Classic Movie Review 3370

Director Michael Curtiz’s 1937 movie is a top-of-the-class entry in Warner Bros’ Thirties boxing-movie cycle. Edward G Robinson gives a knockout turn as fight promoter Nick Donati, who turns a bellhop called Ward Guisenberry (Wayne […]

Feb, 16

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