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The Narrowing Circle *** (1956, Paul Carpenter, Hazel Court, Ferdy Mayne, Russell Napier) – Classic Movie Review 12,219

Paul Carpenter stars as a crime writer who finds himself accused of murder, and has to clear his name, in the 1956 British crime thriller film The Narrowing Circle.  Director Charles Saunders’s 1956 British crime […]

Jul, 05

Perfect *** (1985, John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis) – Classic Movie Review 11,775

Director James Bridges’s 1985 American romantic drama film Perfect stars John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis, along with Anne De Salvo, Marilu Henner, Laraine Newman, Matthew Reed, and Jann Wenner. Magazine reporter Adam Lawrence (Travolta) is sent to take […]

Dec, 08

Lady in the Dark *** (1944, Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall, Barry Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 8902

‘The minx in mink with a yen for men!’ Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1944 Lady in the Dark stars Ginger Rogers as a depressed magazine editor career woman Liza Elliott, who suffers endless headaches and daydreams, […]

Sep, 13

Bright Lights, Big City ** (1988, Michael J Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Frances Sternhagen, Dianne Wiest, John Houseman, Jason Robards, William Hickey) – Classic Movie Review 8419

Director James Bridges’s 1988 topical drama Bright Lights, Big City stars a too lightweight and too young-looking Michael J Fox as the anti-hero of this careful and meticulous but rather tedious screen version of Jay […]

May, 01

The People Vs Larry Flynt **** (1996, Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton) – Classic Movie Review 6049

Woody Harrelson is superb as Larry Flynt in director Milos Forman’s sterling 1996 biopic The People Vs Larry Flynt that examines all the issues that arise head on. It is intelligent, intoxicating adult film-making, done […]

Sep, 26

Dishonored Lady ** (1947, Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O’Keefe, John Loder) – Classic Movie Review 5966

Director Robert Stevenson’s intriguing 1947 film noir crime melodrama stars Hedy Lamarr as beautiful Madeleine Damien, the mysterious Manhattan magazine fashion lady suspected of larceny and murder, after she becomes a lively party girl at […]

Aug, 24

June Bride **** (1948, Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter, Tom Tully, Betty Lynn, Debbie Reynolds) – Classic Movie Review 5,735

Bette Davis tries a useful change of pace with the 1948 film June Bride, a cute romantic comedy about a woman’s magazine editor who gets her chauvinist old flame, reporter Robert Montgomery, to help her […]

Jul, 09

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