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Quartet **** (1981, Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Isabelle Adjani, Anthony Higgins, Pierre Clémenti, Suzanne Flon, Sheila Gish) – Classic Movie Review 3,179

James Ivory’s beautifully crafted 1981 drama film Quartet stars Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Isabelle Adjani and Anthony Higgins, who give notable displays of intense acting in this sleek and involving version of Jean Rhys’s autobiographical […]

Dec, 22

No Escape *** (2015, Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director John Erick Dowdle’s No Escape is an ultra-tense, exciting white-knuckle ride. Owen Wilson is great in a straight role as the distraught, demented dad determined not to die. Owen Wilson and Lake Bell star […]

Aug, 28

La Notte [The Night] ***** (1961, Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Giorgio Negro, Vincenzo Corbella) – Classic Movie Review 2838

Antonioni entrances us with iconic Sixties actors and scenes from a dying marriage. This much-admired and long-recognised 1961 world cinema classic is one of co-writer/ director Michelangelo Antonioni’s acclaimed and brilliantly stylish Sixties studies in alienation. […]

Aug, 22

Sommersby **** (1993, Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman) – Classic Movie Review 2817

Director Jon Amiel’s classy 1993 mystery romantic drama is a splendidly sumptuous, poignant film. Richard Gere and Jodie Foster give unexpectedly sturdy performances in the kind of movie they’re not usually associated with – the […]

Aug, 15

The Gift **** (2015, Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton) – Movie Review

Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall stars as youngish married couple Simon and Robyn, whose life goes spiralling into meltdown after a chance encounter with Simon’s old high school acquaintance Gordo (Joel Edgerton). Initially, Simon doesn’t even recognise Gordo at […]

Aug, 06

Ted 2 **** (2015, Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth, Morgan Freeman, voice of Seth MacFarlane) – Movie Review

With the help of some seamless CGI, talking bear Ted (voice of Seth MacFarlane) marries Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth) but after a year they’re rowing badly. Ted’s lifetime best pal John (Mark Wahlberg) agrees he needs to have a […]

Jul, 03

A Letter to Three Wives **** (1949, Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Barbara Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 2416

Writer-director Joseph L Mankiewicz (All About Eve, Cleopatra) won the Oscars for Best Director and Best Screenplay for his work on this delightful 1949 suburban satire, examining the thorny question of husband and wife relationships.  […]

Apr, 21

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