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The Fatal Glass of Beer *** (1933, W C Fields, Rosemary Theby, George Chandler) – Classic Movie Review 9784

Director Clyde Bruckman’s 1933 comedy short The Fatal Glass of Beer is an only modestly amusing W C Fields two-reeler, in which he plays Pa Snavely, a Yukon prospector/ trapper married to Ma Snavely (Rosemary […]

May, 17

Deep Freeze * (2002, Götz Otto, David Millbern, Alexandra Kamp) – Classic Movie Review 8262

In the story and screenplay by Robert Boris, researchers in the Antarctic unearth a bizarre creature in the frozen wastes and take it back to America only to discover that it has a taste for […]

Mar, 19

The Mountain Between Us ** (2017, Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Beau Bridges, Dermot Mulroney) – Movie Review

Director Hany Abu-Assad’s relentlessly old-fashioned mix of survival movie and romantic drama The Mountain Between Us limps along enjoyably enough, though without much conviction or credibility. It has some tense, exciting scenes, but it also […]

Nov, 03

Jumper *** (2008, Hayden Christensen, Samuel L Jackson, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane, Michael Rooker) – Classic Movie Review 4229

Director Doug Liman’s attractive, entertainingly different 2008 sci-fi action adventure stars Hayden Christensen, Samuel L Jackson and Jamie Bell, with Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane, Michael Rooker, AnnaSophia Robb, Max Thieriot, Jesse James, Kristen Stewart and Tom Hulce as Mr Bowker. It starts […]

Aug, 24

Ice Age: Collision Course ** (2016, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Simon Pegg, Jessie J, Jennifer Lopez, Queen Latifah) – Movie Review

In the fifth episode of the long-running franchise, Scrat (Chris Wedge)‘s pursuit of his elusive acorn has taken him outside Earth, and he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that threaten the planet. Manny the […]

Jul, 15

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs **** (2009, voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Simon Pegg, Queen Latifah) – Classic Movie Review 4027

An enchanting underground world of dinosaurs and Simon Pegg’s hilariously silly Brit voice as Buck the one-eyed weasel who hunts them add loads of new fun to the delightful Ice Age saga in directors Carlos […]

Jul, 15

Black Coal, Thin Ice [Bai ri yan huo] **** (2014, Fan Liao, Lun Mei Gwei, Xuebing Wang) – Movie Review

Writer-director Yi’nan Diao’s cop mystery thriller starts with several dismembered corpses being discovered in a northern China small town and the investigating officer, Zhang (Fan Liao), coming up against a femme fatale (Lun Mei Gwei) working in a laundry. After a […]

Jun, 05

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