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The Beast in the Cellar *** (1971, Beryl Reid, Flora Robson, Tessa Wyatt, John Hamill, T P McKenna, Dafydd Harvard, Vernon Dobtcheff) – Classic Movie Review 7855

Writer-director James Kelley’s 1971 British horror movie The Beast in the Cellar stars the formidable team of Flora Robson and Beryl Reid as Joyce and Ellie Ballantyne, a couple of dear old spinsters who have […]

Nov, 30

The Glass Menagerie *** (1987, Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen, James Naughton) – Classic Movie Review 7565

Paul Newman expertly and sensitively directs the Tennessee Williams hothouse drama The Glass Menagerie for the big screen, showing his special affinity with the material. Newman’s wife Joanne Woodward is extremely impressive as the nagging, […]

Sep, 12

The Glass Menagerie *** (1973, Katharine Hepburn, Michael Moriarty, Sam Waterston, Joanna Miles) – Classic Movie Review 7564

Four first-class performances light up the excellent new script for television of Tennessee Williams’s play in director Anthony Harvey’s 1973 TV movie The Glass Menagerie. It won four Primetime Emmys. Katharine Hepburn is battling the […]

Sep, 12

The Glass Menagerie *** (1950, Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence, Arthur Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 7563

Unfortunately, director Irving Rapper’s 1950 The Glass Menagerie is not an ideal version of one of Tennessee Williams’s most intriguing plays about life in St Louis, thanks to its plodding pace, uncinematic filming and the […]

Sep, 12

Terms of Endearment ***** (1983, Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson) – Classic Movie Review 7507

Director James L Brooks’s extraordinarily successful 1983 Terms of Endearment scooped up Five Oscars, including Best Picture (James L Brooks), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Shirley MacLaine), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jack Nicholson), Best […]

Aug, 28

Skate Kitchen **** (2018, Rachelle Vinberg, Nina Moran, Jaden Smith) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ co-producer/ director Crystal Moselle’s vibrant and alive Skate Kitchen (2018) boasts a rich, dynamic and truthful performance by Rachelle Vinberg as Camille, a lonely 18-year-old Long Island suburban teenaged skateboarder who makes friends with a posse of girl […]

Aug, 13

Champagne Charlie **** (1944, Tommy Trinder, Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Austin Trevor, Jean Kent, Guy Middleton, Frederick Piper, Harry Fowler) – Classic Movie Review 7080

Director Alberto Cavalcanti’s 1944 British comedy Champagne Charlie is lit up by its genius in providing perfect roles for Ealing Studios’ resident London comedians Trinder and Holloway in an original screenplay tale of rival music-hall singers […]

May, 22

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