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What’s New Pussycat **** (1965, Peter Sellers, Peter O’Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Ursula Andress, Paula Prentiss, Woody Allen) – Classic Movie Review 3891

Director Clive Donner’s 1965 comedy film is the quintessence of stylish, wacky Sixties nonsense. It is Woody Allen’s first film both as an actor and a writer, and stars Peter O’Toole as Michael James, an infamously compulsive […]

Jun, 19

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 Revill, Edward Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 3,668

Jack Lemmon won a Golden Globe award and Juliet Mills and Clive Reville were nominated for Billy Wilder’s witty 1972 comedy film Avanti!  The neglected and underrated 1972 comedy film Avanti! is one of the […]

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

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