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Blessed Boys [La Santa Piccola] *** (2021, Vincenzo Antonucci, Francesco Pellegrino, Gianfelice Imparato) – Classic Movie Review 12,601

Vincenzo Antonucci and Francesco Pellegrino star as best friends Mario and Lino, living a poor but pleasant life in Naples. Lino has a crazy mother and a sister who is being hailed a little saint. […]

Aug, 04

Distant Thunder *** (1988, John Lithgow, Ralph Macchio, Kerrie Keane) – Classic Movie Review 11,173

‘A hero of war. A casualty of peace. With only one hope for survival. His son.’  Director Rick Rosenthal’s 1988 drama Distant Thunder is a well-played and likeable, but clichéd and over-sentimental Canadian tearjerker, though […]

May, 06

The Devil’s Rain ** (1975, Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, Ida Lupino, Tom Skerritt, William Shatner, Keenan Wynn, John Travolta) – Classic Movie Review 11,038

‘Heaven help us all when The Devil’s Rain! The ULTIMATE in Satanic possession!’ A first-rate cast of old reliables is largely wasted in director Robert Fuest’s occasionally interesting and creepy, but often daft and kitsch […]

Mar, 23

The Human Comedy **** (1943, Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig) – Classic Movie Review 11,029

William Saroyan wrote a 240-page, four-hour script for the 1943 film The Human Comedy, which MGM deemed too long. He refused to compromise and was dumped as director. He turned his script into a bestselling […]

Mar, 17

Pickpocket ***** (1959, Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri) – Classic Movie Review 10,923

Writer-director Robert Bresson’s spare, stark and enigmatic 1959 French film Pickpocket is rightly considered to be one of the great film-maker’s greatest films. The young Uruguayan non-professional actor Martin LaSalle stars as the Pickpocket, with […]

Feb, 16

Eat a Bowl of Tea *** (1989, Cora Miao, Russell Wong, Victor Wong) – Classic Movie Review 10,766

Director Wayne Wang’s 1989 Eat a Bowl of Tea is a gently amusing, telling and well acted 1940s-set romantic comedy drama about the family troubles of a young Chinese-American, Ben Loy (Russell Wong), when he […]

Jan, 08

Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War *** (2002, Pauline Collins, Peter Capaldi, John Alderton, Sheila Reid, Anna Wilson-Jones, Frank Mills) – Classic Movie Review 10,513

Director Ian Sharp’s amusing, heart-warming 2002 British comedy drama Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War is based on a 1993 novel by Vernon Coleman, and has a nice cast headed by Pauline Collins, John Alderton and Peter […]

Nov, 08

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