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Sebastian *** (1968, Dirk Bogarde, Susannah York, John Gielgud, Lilli Palmer, Nigel Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 8714

Director David Greene’s intriguing 1968 British film Sebastian [Mr Sebastian] stars Dirk Bogarde, who gives a polished, assured performance as the Oxford mathematician don of the title, along with Susannah York, who is lively and […]

Jul, 15

Press for Time ** (1966, Norman Wisdom, Derek Bond, Angela Browne, Derek Francis, Noel Dyson, Peter Jones, David Lodge) – Classic Movie Review 8652

As the punning title of the 1966 Rank Organisation slapstick comedy Press for Time suggests, Norman Wisdom plays a reporter on a local seaside newspaper at Tinmouth, where he has been hidden away by his grandfather, […]

Jun, 28

Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River * (1968, Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Bernard Cribbins, Patricia Routledge, Nicholas Parsons, Michael Bates) – Classic Movie Review 8573

‘Jerry’s in London – trying to make an easy million the hard way!’ Director Jerry Paris’s 1968 British comedy Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River has a clumsy title for a clumsy film. Jerry […]

Jun, 09

The Jigsaw Man * (1983, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Susan George, Robert Powell, Charles Gray) – Classic Movie Review 8494

Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier, the stars of the 1972 Sleuth, reunited for director Terence Young’s disastrously disappointing 1984 British double agent spy thriller The Jigsaw Man, which was afflicted by money problems and halted […]

May, 24

The Great Mouse Detective *** (1986, voices of Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin) – Classic Movie Review 8180

Walt Disney’s fun 1986 family animation adventure The Great Mouse Detective is a rodent reworking of the Sherlock Holmes stories, inspired by the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, who remains uncredited. The main characters are […]

Feb, 28

London Suite [Neil Simon’s London Suite] * (1996, Kelsey Grammer, Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus) – Classic Movie Review 8021

A very good cast is dreadfully wasted in director Jay Sandrich’s naff, turgid and woeful 1996 comedy London Suite, an adaptation of Neil Simon’s follow-up to his hilarious plays and films California Suite and Plaza […]

Jan, 16

Where’s That Fire? *** (1939, Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt) – Classic Movie Review 7980

Director Marcel Varnel’s 1939 British comedy Where’s That Fire? Stars Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt, who fire on all cylinders in Hay’s slightly patchy but generally very funny final fling for Gainsborough Pictures […]

Jan, 04

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