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The Match ** (1999, Max Beesley, Isla Blair, Laura Fraser, James Cosmo, Ian Holm, Richard E Grant, Neil Morrissey, Tom Sizemore) – Classic Movie Review 3564

Writer-director Mick Davis’s pleasant but extremely mild 1999 contemporary British sports romantic comedy is set in Inverdoune, an idyllic village nestling in the pretty Scots Highlands. Max Beesley plays Wullie Smith, the local milkman besotted […]

Apr, 13

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells **** (2000, Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron, Cleo Laine, Joan Sims, June Whitfield, Billie Whitelaw, Olympia Dukakis) – Classic Movie Review 2689

A marvellous cast is assembled for director Gillies MacKinnon’s treasurable, heart-warming 2000 made-for-TV comedy drama, starring Judi Dench, Cleo Laine, Ian Holm, Joan Sims, June Whitfield, Billie Whitelaw, Olympia Dukakis and Leslie Caron. It is […]

Jul, 11

Time Bandits ***** (1981, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, David Warner, Craig Warnock, Peter Vaughan) – Classic Movie Review 2470

Co-writer, producer, director Terry Gilliam’s outstanding, quite magical 1981 British time-travel fantasy movie about dwarves taking a little boy with them on adventures through time is dark, weird and wonderful. With the young boy Kevin […]

May, 11

The Man in the Iron Mask **** (1977, Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan) – Classic Movie Review 2320

The dashing Richard Chamberlain swashes a fine buckle in director Mike Newell’s rousing 1977 British TV movie remake of the Alexandre Dumas père classic. It was released in cinemas in a number of countries, including Denmark, Hungary, East Germany […]

Mar, 28

Robin and Marian **** (1976, Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Ian Holm, Nicol Williamson, Richard Harris) – Classic Movie Review 2249

Director Richard Lester’s delightful 1976 Sherwood Forest saga finds gainful work for the gracefully ageing Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn (lured back to the screen after a decade’s break from filming), who are splendid as […]

Mar, 09

Kafka *** (1991, Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey) – Classic Movie Review 2138

Director Steven Soderbergh’s ambitious and intriguing 1991 follow-up to his sensationally successful 1989 worldwide indie hit Sex, Lies, and Videotape is a murky mystery thriller about author Franz Kafka (Jeremy Irons) getting caught up in a strange […]

Jan, 31

Henry V **** (1989, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Emma Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 2092

Director Kenneth Branagh’s gritty 1989 film version of the play by William Shakespeare is a labour of love and a tour de force. Branagh, in his directorial debut, received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and […]

Jan, 19

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