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Winner Take All *** (1932, James Cagney, Marian Nixon, Guy Kibbee, Virginia Bruce, Dickie Moore) – Classic Movie Review 2,494

Warner Bros’ punchy 1932 boxing drama film Winner Take All stars James Cagney as a talented upcoming boxer called Jimmy Kane, who falls for a sweet widow (Marian Nixon) with a kid (Dickie Moore). Producer-director […]

May, 17

Washington Square **** (1996, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith) – Classic Movie Review 2447

Director Agnieska Holland’s plush, riveting and indeed quite splendid 1996 remake of Henry James’s novel is a worthy remake of The Heiress (1949), set in 19th century New York. Jennifer Jason Leigh is excellent as […]

May, 02

Whiplash ***** (2014, Miles Teller, J K Simmons, Melissa Benoist) – Movie Review

Miles Teller and J K Simmons are extraordinary as promising young drummer Andrew and his jazz band instructor Fletcher locking horns at a New York cutthroat music conservatory. The ambitious boy’s dreams of greatness are mentored by […]

Nov, 13

Down to Earth ** (2001, Chris Rock, Mark Addy, Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge) – Classic Movie Review 1562

Directors Chris and Paul Weitz’s 2001 comedy is a star vehicle for comedian Chris Rock, who stars as aspiring comic Lance Barton, whose life is cut short by an over-eager angel of mercy. But then […]

Aug, 17

The Falcon Takes Over **** (1942, George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins, Helen Gilbert, Edward Gargan, Ward Bond, Hans Conried, Turhan Bey) – Classic Movie Review 741

George Sanders stars in 1942 in a highspot in Michael Arlen’s débonair detective Falcon series, unexpectedly based on Raymond Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely, and the first film of the great writer’s classic hardboiled crime thriller […]

Jan, 24

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