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The Spirit of the Beehive [El espíritu de la colmena] **** (1973, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería) – Classic Movie Review 9179

Director Victor Erice’s sweet and sensitive 1973 Spanish film The Spirit of the Beehive [El espíritu de la colmena] was an international success, with its compelling original screenplay kindling art house movie-goers’ fascination for its fantasy […]

Dec, 21

Universal Soldier ** (1972, George Lazenby, Edward Judd, Benito Carruthers, Germaine Greer, Rudolph Walker) – Classic Movie Review 9119

Director Cy Endfield’s 1972 war action drama Universal Soldier stars ex-Bond George Lazenby as mercenary Ryker, a gun for hire back in London with a view to a kill. Feminist Germaine Greer plays a feminist […]

Dec, 02

Billy Liar ***** (1963, Tom Courtenay Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne, Ethel Griffies, Finlay Currie, Rodney Bewes, Leonard Rossiter) – Classic Movie Review 6330

Director John Schlesinger’s 1963 triumph is a stupendous British Sixties New Wave film that blends kitchen-sink drama, satirical humour and Walter Mitty-like fantasy to brilliant effect. Tom Courtenay is superb as the young British undertaker’s […]

Nov, 27

Where the Wild Things Are ***½ (2009, voices Max Records, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Dano) – Classic Movie Review 4418

Maurice Sendak’s tiny classic children’s story – it has only 338 words, giving a film adaptation quite a headache – becomes a lovely, quite gorgeous-looking looking but hugely overblown 2009 movie – thanks to the […]

Sep, 26

Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat **** (2003, Mike Myers, Spencer Breslin, Dakota Fanning) – Classic Movie Review 543

Mike Myers is a hilarious bundle of energy as The Cat, in the sweet, old-fashioned 2003 family comedy adventure film Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat. Left home alone, two cute kids Sally and […]

Dec, 17

The Seven Year Itch ***** (1955, Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes) – Classic Movie Review 103

Marilyn Monroe gives her archetypal dumb-blonde act a total workout as The Girl, the unnamed ditzy new neighbour upstairs from tormented hero Richard Sherman (played by Tom Ewell), in Billy Wilder’s delicious 1955 choice comedy […]

Jul, 28

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