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Posts Tagged "Keith Allen"

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Eddie the Eagle ***½ (2016, Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Keith Allen, Jo Hartley, Tim McInnerny, Iris Berben, Christopher Walken) – Movie Review

Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman are a fun double act in this entertaining, thoroughly enjoyable feel-good movie about Michael ‘Eddie’ Edwards, the unlikely, courageous British ski-jumper and the reluctant, charismatic coach Bronson Peary who trains him for the 1988 Calgary […]

Apr, 01

De-Lovely *** (2004, Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Allan Corduner, Peter Polycarpou, Keith Allen) – Classic Movie Review 3089

Kevin Kline stars as gay composer Cole Porter, who reviews his career and life with his understanding wife, Linda (Ashley Judd) in director Irwin Winkler’s dramatically intriguing, highly tuneful musical biopic. Both stars give supremely stylish […]

Nov, 24

Twin Town * (1997, Rhys Ifans, Llyr Evans, Dougray Scott, William Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 2723

Real-life brothers Rhys Ifans and Llyr Evans star as drug-taking, car thieving slacker twins Jeremy and Julian Lewis in co-writer/director Keith Allen’s obnoxious 1997 Welsh black comedy, set in Swansea. The twins embark on a […]

Jul, 20

Carry On Columbus (1992, Jim Dale, Bernard Cribbins, June Whitfield, Leslie Phillips, Maureen Lipman, Julian Clary, Rik Mayall, Jack Douglas, Jon Pertwee, Peter Gilmore) – Classic Movie Review 2380

In 1992 Gerald Thomas directs the 30th and final Carry On movie after a 14-year gap since Carry On Emmannuelle in 1978. Dave Freeman’s naff script for this reunion film bears a remarkable resemblance to […]

Apr, 12

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

24 Hour Party People **** (2002, Steve Coogan, Andy Serkis, Shirley Henderson, Paddy Considine, Keith Allen) – Classic Movie Review 1978

Steve Coogan impresses as Tony Wilson, the real-life pop producer behind bands, including Joy Division, New Order, the Happy Mondays and Manic Street Preachers. Director Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 film presents an edgy, graphic view of […]

Dec, 19

The Others **** (2001, Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Eric Sykes) – Classic Movie Review 1805

A highly impressive Nicole Kidman lights up writer-director Alejandro Amenábar’s really eerie 2001 chiller. She plays a mother trying to care for her two light-sensitive children Anne and Nicholas (Alakina Mann, James Bentley) in a […]

Nov, 05

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