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What’s Up, Doc? ***** (1972, Barbra Streisand, Ryan O’Neal, Madeline Kahn) – Classic Movie Review 1,232

Peter Bogdanovich’s hilarious 1972 What’s Up, Doc? reworks the 1938 screwball comedy classic Bringing Up Baby for delightful stars Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal. The delightful 1972 comedy film What’s Up, Doc? sees its stars Barbra […]

May, 19

Dark City **** (1997, Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Patrick Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 1099

Writer-director Alex Proyas’s extraordinary 1997 sci-fi chiller is a very pleasant surprise. Dark, intense and imaginative, this brilliant looking and exciting movie is excellently crafted by Proyas. Rufus Sewell stars as John Murdoch, who is […]

Apr, 15

Best in Show *** (2000, Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara) – Classic Movie Review 1096

Co-writer/director Christopher Guest’s 2000 satirical comedy about dog-crazy folk taking their pets to a top pedigree show in Philadelphia is blunt and silly but still it has its funny moments. The subject’s a good one […]

Apr, 15

The Blue Dahlia ***** (1946, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Doris Dowling, Howard Da Silva, Tom Powers, Hugh Beaumont, Howard Freeman, Don Costello, Will Wright) – Classic Movie Review 1,012

The great 1946 film noir crime thriller The Blue Dahlia stars Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and William Bendix, and boasts Raymond Chandler’s first and only original screenplay. Chandler called her ‘Moronica’ Lake and Ladd a […]

Mar, 29

Showgirls *** (1995, Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon) – Classic Movie Review 885

In director Paul Verhoeven’s infamous 1995 shocker, Elizabeth Berkley plays Nomi Malone, a tarty, ambitious chorus line dancer who hitches to Las Vegas and tries to find work in a big show. Having failed the […]

Mar, 07

The Grand Budapest Hotel **** (2014, Ralph Fiennes, F Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Jude Law, Bill Murray) – Movie Review

Writer-director Wes Anderson’s supremely quirky and lusty comic tale of the adventures of legendary hotel concierge Gustave H and his trusted lobby boy friend Zero Moustafa is incredibly stylish and eye-catching. Wow, it looks great! In […]

Mar, 05

Lost in Translation ****½ (2003, Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi) – Classic Movie Review 666

Perhaps never better, Bill Murray put in his bid in 2003 for an Oscar as a fading, ageing American movie star who goes to Tokyo to do a whisky ad. Lonely in his hotel, he […]

Jan, 10

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