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Hold Your Man **** (1933, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin) – Classic Movie Review 4982

Rapier Thirties wit Anita Loos wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for director Sam Wood’s wisecracking, love-at-first-sight 1933 romantic comedy Hold Your Man about a crook and a moll especially for MGM’s great stars […]

Feb, 18

Prime *** (2005, Uma Thurman, Bryan Greenberg, Meryl Streep) – Classic Movie Review 4523

Uma Thurman stars as a New York City divorcée who falls for a young painter (Bryan Greenberg) who is 14 years her junior. But, hey, that is no problem at all compared to the fact […]

Oct, 24

Deception * (2008, Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Bruce Altman, Andrew Ginsburg) – Classic Movie Review 4341

Nerdy New York accountant Jonathan McQuarry (Ewan McGregor) meets slick lawyer Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman), who draws him an into the twilight world of an elite Manhattan dating club, where high fliers meet for no-strings […]

Sep, 11

Alfie **** (2004, Jude Law, Susan Sarandon, Sienna Miller, Omar Epps, Nia Long, Marisa Tomei, Renée Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 4338

Using some DNA dug up from an old British movie studio vault, Americans try to re-create the old sexist, misogynist dinosaur Alfie, played so memorably back in 1966 by Michael Caine in Alfie. They haven’t […]

Sep, 11

A Shock to the System **** (1990, Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, John McMartin, Swoosie Kurtz, Will Patton) – Classic Movie Review 3991

Director Jan Egleson’s teasing 1990 Manhattan-set yuppie thriller, based on the 1984 novel by British writer Simon Brett, gives Michael Caine an ideal role as Graham Marshall, a Madison Avenue advertising executive who finds that murder […]

Jul, 08

One More Kiss *** (1999, Valerie Edmond, Gerard Butler, James Cosmo, Valerie Gogan) – Classic Movie Review 3794

Valerie Edmond stars as Sarah Hopson who swaps her meaningless New York lifestyle for the Scottish Borders to look for her childhood sweetheart Sam (Gerard Butler), who now runs a restaurant. Sam’s life collapsed the day Sarah left but now she’s […]

Jun, 03

The Window **** (1949, Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman) – Classic Movie Review 3714

Director Ted Tetzlaff’s engrossing and impeccably handled 1949 film noir thriller The Window stars Bobby Driscoll, as a mischievous lad called Tommy who is prone to crying wolf. One hot summer night, he tells his […]

May, 16

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