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The Little World of Don Camillo [Don Camillo] **** (1952, Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Vera Talchi, Franco Interlenghi, Sylvie) – Classic Movie Review 9353

Director Julien Duvivier’s delightful, light-hearted 1952 French-Italian comedy The Little World of Don Camillo [Don Camillo] [Le petit monde de Don Camillo] stars the always-excellent Fernandel on his most exuberant and engaging form as Don […]

Feb, 07

La kermesse héroïque [Carnival in Flanders] **** (1935, Françoise Rosay, Louis Jouvet, André Alerme, Jean Murat) – Classic Movie Review 8403

Director Jacques Feyder’s 1935 La kermesse héroïque [Carnival in Flanders] is a bright French romantic comedy adventure that puts a bawdy spin on the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders, in which 17th-century Flemish […]

Apr, 27

Kid Glove Killer **** (1942, Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt, Lee Bowman, Samuel S Hinds) – Classic Movie Review 7243

Debut director Fred Zinnemann’s finely honed, tensely atmospheric 1942 film noir suspense thriller Kid Glove Killer stars Van Heflin, who gives a nifty turn in an early star role as Gordon McKay, a police forensic […]

Jul, 02

Ma and Pa Kettle *** (1949, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Esther Dale) – Classic Movie Review 7,235

Sweet character actors Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride get their chance for stardom in the 1949 American comedy film Ma and Pa Kettle when two of the characters from Betty MacDonald’s 1947 semi-fictional memoir book […]

Jun, 30

The Cars That Ate Paris **** (1974, Terry Camilleri, John Meillon, Kevin Miles) – Classic Movie Review 7214

Writer-director Peter Weir’s 1974 directorial calling card movie The Cars That Ate Paris is a tense, eerie and atmospheric tale of Australia’s Outback, where a far-flung small community makes its living causing car crashes and […]

Jun, 23

Welcome to Mooseport *** (2004, Gene Hackman, Ray Romano, Marcia Gay Harden, Maura Tierney, Christine Baranski, Fred Savage, Rip Torn, June Squibb) – Classic Movie Review 4965

Donald Petrie’s amusing 2004 comedy is the last film to date of Gene Hackman, who is 87 on 30 January 2014. Hackman plays retired US president Monroe Cole, who returns to his home town of […]

Jan, 30

City of Ember ** (2008, Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan, Toby Jones, Bill Murray, Tim Robbins) – Classic Movie Review 4613

Director Gil Kenan’s stylish looking but creaky 2008 family science fiction fantasy adventure was a box office flop, although it has a good production and a strong cast of stars in Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan, […]

Nov, 08

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