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Clash of the Titans **** (1981, Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith) – Classic Movie Review 1,858

The 1981 epic fantasy adventure film Clash of the Titans is based on the Greek myth of Perseus, stars Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, Maggie Smith and Laurence Olivier, and features Ray Harryhausen’s delightful stop-motion visual effects. Director Desmond Davis’s 1981 classical mythology caper film […]

Nov, 19

The First Wives Club ***½ (1996, Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton) – Classic Movie Review 1435

Bette Midler (as Brenda Cushman), Goldie Hawn (as Elise Elliot) and Diane Keaton (as Annie Paradis) star as middle-agers plotting revenge after being dumped and divorced by their hubbies in favour of younger wives in director Hugh Wilson’s […]

Jul, 16

Evil Under the Sun *** (1982, Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, James Mason, Diana Rigg, Nicholas Clay, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles, Denis Quilley) – Classic Movie Review 1,305

Evil Under the Sun (1982): Hotelier Maggie Smith’s star guest is a bitchy actress (Diana Rigg) everyone wants to kill – for refusing to do a stage show, for stopping a book, or for having […]

Jun, 07

Death on the Nile **** (1978, Peter Ustinov, Angela Lansbury, Bette Davis, Maggie Smith, David Niven, Jon Finch, Jack Warden, George Kennedy, Simon MacCorkindale, Harry Andrews, Jane Birkin, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey) – Classic Movie Review 1299

Peter Ustinov’s Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a selfish heiress (Lois Chiles) on a Nile steamer, where all are suspects, in the 1978 film Death on the Nile. Angela Lansbury, Bette Davis, Maggie Smith […]

Jun, 07

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 **** (2011, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, John Hurt) – Classic Movie Review 583

It all ends. After this final movie in 2011, school’s out for good and there’s no Hogwarts! In the last chapter, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) continue their quest to find and […]

Dec, 28

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone] **** (2001, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman) – Classic Movie Review 512

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone] is the very first Harry Potter movie! Director Chris Columbus’s 2001 film version of J K Rowling’s 1997 story about the schoolboy with […]

Dec, 13

Gosford Park **** (2001, Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles Dance, Jeremy Northam, Helen Mirren) – Classic Movie Review 299

Julian Fellowes won an Oscar for the witty Best Original Screenplay for this civilised 2001 entertainment, based on an idea by its producers, the director Robert Altman and actor Bob Balaban. It plays like a […]

Oct, 19

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