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Kinsey **** (2004, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O’Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Lynn Redgrave, Timothy Hutton, John Lithgow, Tim Curry, Oliver Platt) – Classic Movie Review 1,999

Writer-director Bill Condon’s 2004 American biographical drama film Kinsey stars Liam Neeson, who gives a sterling performance as US academic and sex scientist Dr Alfred Kinsey, who became America’s most notorious man through his pioneering studies […]

Dec, 24

Out of Africa **** (1985, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer) – Classic Movie Review 1958

Producer-director Sydney Pollack’s deliriously plush and gorgeous-looking 1985 real-life romantic drama stars beautiful people Meryl Streep and Robert Redford as Danish baroness, plantation owner Karen Blixen and free-spirited big-game hunter Denys Finch Hatton, who fall […]

Dec, 14

The Preacher’s Wife ** (1996, Whitney Houston, Denzel Washington, Courtney B Vance, Gregory Hines) – Classic Movie Review 1953

The 1947 Cary Grant film The Bishop’s Wife is rehashed as a too-cosy and schmaltzy acting-and-gospel-singing vehicle for Whitney Houston in director Penny Marshall’s 1996 heart-warmer. Her co-star Denzel Washington is appealing and charming as […]

Dec, 13

This Year’s Love *** (1999, Douglas Henshall, Kathy Burke, Ian Hart, Jennifer Ehle, Dougray Scott) – Classic Movie Review 1947

Writer-director David Kane’s 1999 Brit romantic comedy is set in Camden, north London, where 30somethings look for love and happiness in a well-played, nicely cast and generally bright and amusing movie. Douglas Henshall as marriage […]

Dec, 11

Just Married ***½ (2003, Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, David Rasche, Veronica Cartwright, George Gaynes) – Classic Movie Review 1890

Director Shawn Levy’s 2003 comedy is a great showcase for hilarious hi-jinks as poor boy Ashton Kutcher and rich girl Brittany Murphy defy her parents (David Rasche, Veronica Cartwright), marry in haste and suffer the […]

Nov, 27

The Kiss **** (1929, Greta Garbo, Lew Ayres, Conrad Nagel, Anders Randolf) – Classic Movie Review 1838

The 1929 film The Kiss is the MGM studio’s – and Greta Garbo’s – last silent movie, a French-set romantic yarn about a jealous ageing businessman husband who gets bumped off – but by whom? […]

Nov, 12

Mystic Pizza *** (1988, Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 1830

Director Donald Petrie’s delightful, easy-going 1988 comedy tells a charming if unsurprising tale of life, love and coming of age in the company of three feisty, attractive young women working at a pizza parlour in the […]

Nov, 10

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