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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne **** (1987, Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Prunella Scales, Wendy Hiller, Marie Kean, Ian McNeice) – Classic Movie Review 5150

Director Jack Clayton’s 1987 best of British drama provides lovely showcase for impeccable, tour-de-force acting from Maggie Smith as Judith Hearne. Smith won the 1989 BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress. Judith Hearne is the lonely, penniless […]

Mar, 13

Love in the Afternoon **** (1957, Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, John McGiver) – Classic Movie Review 4983

Producer-director Billy Wilder’s 1957 romantic comedy was a critical and box office failure and is still often undervalued, but, rightly, its many admirers now rally to support it with great fervour. Star Gary Cooper was pleased […]

Feb, 16

Twixt *** (2011, Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning, Joanne Whalley, Bruce Dern, Ben Chaplin) – Classic Movie Review 4734

Writer / producer/ director Francis Ford Coppola’s teasingly nightmarish 2011 experimental horror thriller stars Val Kilmer as Hall Baltimore a-down-on-his-luck writer who specializes in novels based on witch hunting, and Elle Fanning as young girl Virginia or […]

Jan, 02

So Long at the Fair ***½ (1950, Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson, Marcel Poncin, Cathleen Nesbitt, Honor Blackman, Felix Aylmer, Austin Trevor) – Classic Movie Review 4,600

Jean Simmons stars as Vicky Barton, a British visitor to France who is naturally frantic when her brother Johnny (David Tomlinson) disappears without any kind of trace from their Parisian hotel during the Paris Exposition […]

Nov, 06

Room Service **** (1938, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson, Donald MacBride) – Classic Movie Review 4410

Director William A Seiter’s 1938 movie is an amusing Marx Brothers comedy, less zany and frantic than some of their earlier frantic farces, but still packed with funny sight gags and Groucho’s witty one-liners. Despite […]

Sep, 25

The Fabulous Baker Boys ****½ (1989, Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 4397

Making his directorial debut, writer-director Steve Kloves’s 1989 romantic drama pairs real life brothers Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges in their first screen teaming as piano-playing brothers Jack and Frank Baker, who are down on their luck […]

Sep, 22

Red Eye **** (2005, Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox) – Classic Movie Review 4,327

It’s fun to watch Rachel McAdams fight back against creepy charmer Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy) in Wes Craven’s sweaty-palm 2005 cat-and-mouse Hitchcock-style thriller film Red Eye. Her dad (Brian Cox) is being pinned down by […]

Sep, 09

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