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The Bride Walks Out ** (1936, Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young, Ned Sparks, Helen Broderick) – Classic Movie Review 6761

The 1936 American romantic comedy film The Bride Walks Out is directed by Leigh Jason, and stars Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, and Robert Young. Barbara Stanwyck adds impactful oomph to director Leigh Jason’s gossamer-thin, formulaic RKO Radio Pictures 1936 Depression-era […]

Mar, 04

Il Posto [The Job] **** (1961, Sandro Panzeri, Loredana Detto, Tullio Kezich, Mara Revel, Guido Spadea) – Classic Movie Review 6158

Writer-director Ermanno Olmi’s 1961 black and white drama film Il Posto [The Job] tells an acute and perceptive story of a poor young Italian man called Domenico (Sandro Panzeri), a college graduate who is in […]

Oct, 30

AntiTrust ** (2001, Ryan Phillippe, Claire Forlani, Rachel Leigh Cook, Tim Robbins) – Classic Movie Review 5733

Ryan Phillippe and Claire Forlani star as a pair of computer wiz-kids who become embroiled in the murky world of ruthless business practices. Director Peter Howitt’s 2001 movie is a feisty but highly improbable thriller, […]

Jul, 09

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit **** (1956, Gregory Peck, Fredric March, Jennifer Jones, Marisa Pavan, Lee J Cobb, Keenan Wynn, Gene Lockhart, Gigi Perreau) – Classic Movie Review 5207

Writer-director Nunnally Johnson’s thoughtful 1956 drama stars Gregory Peck as Tom Rath, who lives in Connecticut but commutes to work in Manhattan. He gets a higher paid, higher stress job with a big TV network and […]

Mar, 27

The Devil Wears Prada **** (2006, Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, Adrian Grenier) – Classic Movie Review 2873

Anne Hathaway stars in director David Frankel’s 2006 romantic comedy drama as the smart but not smartly dressed new graduate Andy Sachs, who turns up scruffy, conceited and unprepared and unexpectedly lands a job she […]

Sep, 02

The Woodsman *** (2004, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Mos Def) – Classic Movie Review 1689

Co-writer/director Nicole Kassell’s 2004 film is a disturbing, well-meaning, if not entirely convincing portrayal of the troubled life of a paedophile (Kevin Bacon) trying to stay straight after coming out of jail where he’s spent […]

Sep, 20

Two Days, One Night ***** (2014, Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione) – Movie Review

Somehow, the glamorous and attractive Marion Cotillard submerges her own persona totally and makes herself effortlessly convincingly ordinary and even almost frumpy as Sandra, a mentally fragile youngish Paris suburban woman who has the weekend to convince her […]

Aug, 20

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