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The Door in the Floor **** (2004, Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Jon Foster) – Classic Movie Review 1507

Writer-director Tod Williams’s 2004 drama about a disintegrating household sees Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger at their brilliant best as desperately sad, tragic parents unable to come to terms with the death of their two sons […]

Aug, 02

Baby Doll ***** (1956, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock, Lonny Chapman, Rip Torn) – Classic Movie Review 1369

Co-producer/director Elia Kazan’s 1956 controversial movie version of the Tennessee Williams 1955 Broadway one-act play 27 Wagonloads of Cotton is clever, riveting and entertaining. Gaining notoriety in the title role that she was born for, […]

Jun, 28

Beyond the Sea **** (2004, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Greta Scacchi) Classic Movie Review 1329

Writer-director Kevin Spacey’s 2004 movie is his second as director, following 1996’s Albino Alligator. They couldn’t be more different films. That one was a set-bound, ensemble thriller with no appearance by the star. This one is […]

Jun, 15

A Perfect Plan ** (2012, Diane Kruger, Dany Boon) – Movie Review

Director Pascal Chaumeil’s broad but pleasant French romcom can at least boast a fresh and interesting premise. An entire family is apparently cursed for ever that all its members find their first marriages end in divorce. Diane Kruger plays […]

Jun, 13

The Mirror Has Two Faces *** (1996, Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall) – Classic Movie Review 1298

Both faces belong to Barbra Streisand, and (as usual) several hats too, as she’s star, director, co-producer and songwriter of this 1996 release, then her first film for six years. for all its apparent serious […]

Jun, 06

My Favorite Wife **** (1940, Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott) – Classic Movie Review 1279

Director Garson Kanin’s 1940 screwball comedy brings the absolutely splendid teaming of Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, who are on top form as a married couple who find themselves in an unusually tricky predicament. Dunne […]

Jun, 01

High Society **** (1956, Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra) – Classic Film Review 1229

Director Charles Walters’s 1956 movie is a classy, pleasurable, richly enjoyable musical remake of The Philadelphia Story (1940). The sharply acidic social romantic comedy of the original is reworked by MGM as a smooth, glossy and ultra-plush […]

May, 18

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