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Louisiana Purchase **** (1941, Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore) – Classic Movie Review 10,688

‘It’s your greatest screen show with a De Sylva lining!’ Bob Hope is on top form as Jim Taylor, a dupe of his machinating bosses (Frank Albertson, Donald MacBride) at the Louisiana Purchase Company, in […]

Dec, 20

Scorchers * (1991, Faye Dunaway, Denholm Elliott, James Earl Jones, Emily Lloyd, Jennifer Tilly) – Classic Movie Review 10,178

Writer-director David Beaird’s 1991 drama Scorchers stars Faye Dunaway as the Bayou La Teche town slut, Denholm Elliott as the town drunk, James Earl Jones as the bar-keeper, Jennifer Tilly as Talbot, and Emily Lloyd […]

Aug, 14

Fletch Lives * (1989, Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, R Lee Ermey, Richard Libertini) – Classic Movie Review 10,088

Fletch Lives… but the movie dies. Director Michael Ritchie’s 1989 comedy-thriller Fletch Lives is an irritating, abravive sequel to the very popular 1985 comedy-thriller Fletch, with Chevy Chase back as Irwin ‘Fletch’ Fletcher, the fast-talking […]

Jul, 26

Shy People **½ (1987, Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton) – Classic Movie Review 9908

The 1987 Shy People is Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky’s fourth film in the West, following Maria’s Lovers, Runaway Train and Duet for One. It is a semi-successful oddity, and boasts an excellent performance by Jill […]

Jun, 14

Everybody’s All-American ** (1988, Jessica Lange, Dennis Quaid, Timothy Hutton, John Goodman, Carl Lumbly) – Classic Movie Review 9731

Director Taylor Hackford’s 1988 romantic sports drama Everybody’s All-American [When I Fall in Love] is one of the films that dragged Dennis Quaid’s star career down just when it had been going so nicely after […]

May, 08

Docks of New Orleans * (1948, Roland Winters, Virginia Dale, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung) – Classic Movie Review 9060

Director Derwin Abrahams’s 1948 murder mystery thriller Docks of New Orleans is Roland Winters’s second outing as Earl Derr Biggers’s wily oriental detective Charlie Chan. With Winters weak and disappointing as Charlie Chan, it is […]

Nov, 08

The Rose Tattoo **** (1955, Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan) – Classic Movie Review 7,544

The triple Oscar-winning 1955 film The Rose Tattoo stars a triumphant Anna Magnani, who acts her socks off as the Italian-extracted peasant widow Serafina Delle Rose, in this attractive screen version of Tennessee Williams’s 1951 […]

Sep, 05

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