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Relative Values ***½ (2000, Julie Andrews, Edward Atterton, William Baldwin, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Colin Firth, Stephen Fry) – Classic Movie Review 2186

Director Eric Styles’s crisp and amusing 2000 movie version of the vintage play by Noël Coward is a small civilised pleasure. Paul Rattigan and Michael Walker adapt the Master’s work, keeping his wit intact. It […]

Feb, 18

Victor Victoria **** (1982, Julie Andrews, Robert Preston, James Garner) – Classic Movie Review 1462

Writer-director Blake Edwards’s bubbly and witty 1982 gender-bender musical remake of a 1933 German comedy, Viktor und Viktoria, is huge vivacious fun. It provides an ideal vehicle for his wife Julie Andrews as a struggling female soprano […]

Jul, 22

10 **** (1979, Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek) – Classic Movie Review 1297

Writer-producer-director Blake Edwards hits the jackpot with his 1979 comedy gold classic starring Dudley Moore as George Webber, a lecherous British popular songwriter living in LA. George has a sweet girlfriend, singing star Sam Taylor […]

Jun, 06

Shrek 2 ***** (voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz) – Classic Movie Review 434

Hilarious, inventive and truly inspired, Shrek 2 (2004) is that rarest of gems, a sequel that’s even better than a very fine original, Shrek (2001). Cartoon ogre Shrek and his new bride, Princess Fiona, visit […]

Nov, 21

Mary Poppins ***** (1964, Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns) – Classic Movie Review 305

The beloved 1964 five Oscar-winning Walt Disney family musical film Mary Poppins is still an adorable treat. Julie Andrews won the Best Actress Oscar, Dick Van Dyke does the worst ever cockney accent, and David […]

Oct, 20

Torn Curtain *** (1966, Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Ludwig Donath, Wolfgang Kieling, Tamara Toumanova) – Classic Movie Review 228

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1966 espionage suspense thriller film Torn Curtain has its moments of tension and suspense. Paul Newman tries hard but is miscast as an American atomic scientist, who seems to defect to East Germany. […]

Sep, 07

The Sound of Music ***** (1965, Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, Daniel Truhitte, Nicholas Hammond, Richard Haydn, Anna Lee) – Classic Movie Review 57

The hills are alive… Is this the world’s most popular musical? Maybe it is! The Tony award-winner for Best Musical became the Oscar-winner for Best Film. The original Broadway production opened in November 1959 and […]

Jul, 17

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