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The Claim *** (2000, Peter Mullan, Nastassja Kinski, Wes Bentley, Milla Jovovich, Sarah Polley, Shirley Henderson) – Classic Movie Review 5402

Director Michael Winterbottom’s ambitious, well-crafted, thoughtful 2000 Western is based on The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. The screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce tells the story about a wealthy man who reamins haunted two […]

May, 06

Tonight for Sure ** (1962, Karl Schanzer, Don Kenney, Marli Renfro) – Classic Movie Review 4737

Francis Ford Coppola’s first film, made when he was 23, is a 1962 sexploitation Western softcore comedy, co-written with Jerry Shaffer, set in August 1961 on the Sunset Strip, Tonight for Sure stars Karl Schanzer […]

Dec, 10

The Stars Look Down **** (1940, Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Edward Rigby) – 2015 Classic Movie Review 2205

Director Carol Reed’s admirable 1940 movie version of A J Cronin’s novel is meticulously crafted, crisply scripted and expertly performed by a fine cast. It stars an ideally cast Michael Redgrave as Davey Fenwick, a […]

Feb, 23

Pride **** (2014, Bill Nighy, Andrew Scott, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, George MacKay) – Movie Review

Pride is a sweet, funny and vital film, successfully making a popular comedy drama entertainment out of a deadly serious subject as British gay activists work to help the miners during their lengthy strike in the summer of […]

Sep, 11

Pale Rider **** (1985, Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress) – Classic Movie Review 1169

Producer-director Clint Eastwood’s 1985 Western Pale Rider impresses with its riffs on the very similar 1953 classic Shane and his own 1973 film High Plains Drifter. The first mainstream Hollywood Western after the catastrophic financial […]

May, 02

Brassed Off **** (1996, Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor) – Classic Movie Review 425

Writer-director Mark Herman’s 1996 British comedy drama is thoughtful and amusing and was deservedly highly popular. It follows the fortunes of a Yorkshire colliery brass band as its members struggle for both musical and personal […]

Nov, 19

Billy Elliot ***** (2000, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Gary Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 262

Here at long, long last in 2000 came a British movie to cheer about – and a new young star in the making in 14-year-old Jamie Bell. Billy Elliot is a follow that dream, rags […]

Sep, 30

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