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The Naked Kiss **** (1964, Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante) – Classic Movie Review 3490

Writer-director Samuel Fuller’ s extraordinary 1964 film noir crime drama movie stars Constance Towers, who gives a towering performance as the former hooker Kelly, who comes to look for redemption in the town of Grantville. Naturally, the […]

Mar, 21

Torch Song *** (1953, Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young) – Classic Movie Review 3379

The MGM studio welcomes back its Thirties great contract star Joan Crawford after a decade away with director Charles Walters’s sometimes feeble, frequently daft 1953 soap opera. Nevertheless, it is quite enjoyable and can boast some […]

Feb, 19

The Man in the Moon **** (1991, Reese Witherspoon, Jason London, Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Gail Strickland) – Classic Movie Review 2883

Director Robert Mulligan’s lovely 1991 romantic drama stars Reese Witherspoon as an adolescent girl, the 14-year-old Dani Trant, who falls head over heels for her older cousin Court Foster (Jason London). He in turn fancies her […]

Sep, 05

Samba *** (2014, Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Hélène Vincent) – Movie Review

Omar Sy and Charlotte Gainsbourg star as Senegal immigrant Samba and burnt-out immigration executive Alice in this serious-minded French romantic comedy drama. It’s a fresh, most enjoyable movie, with three excellent star performances, and it’s good to see Gainsbourg […]

Apr, 29

Waltzes from Vienna *** (1933, Edmund Gwenn, Jessie Matthews, Fay Compton, Esmond Knight, Frank Vosper) – Classic Movie Review 2293

And now for something completely different from director Alfred Hitchcock, whose surprise 1933 movie tells the story of Johann Strauss the Elder and Johann Strauss the Younger. Isn’t this giving sons the same name as their […]

Mar, 21

Jupiter Ascending ***½ (2015, Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Douglas Booth) – Movie Review

Mila Kunis enjoys the main role as Jupiter Jones, a Russian immigrant in Chicago, apparently destined in the stars for great things but actually currently with a job cleaning toilets. Life suddenly gets much worse and much […]

Feb, 04

Detroit Rock City *** (1999, Edward Furlong) – Classic Movie Review 1469

Director Adam Rifkin’s 1999 coming of age comedy drama stars the talented Edward Furlong in the period when his career was still shining. Everything goes wrong for four Cleveland teenage kids (Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James […]

Jul, 25

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