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Mom and Dad ** (2017, Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Zackary Arthur) – Movie Review

Writer-director Brian Taylor’s Mom and Dad has its charms, though it is far from charming. To be fair, it doesn’t set out to be charming but nevertheless to charm you with its whacked-out sense (?) […]

Mar, 11

Murder by Death **** (1976, Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, Estelle Winwood) – Classic Movie Review 6788

Director Robert Moore’s clever and witty 1976 comedy parodies a number of famous detectives, with Peter Sellers indulging himself as Sidney Wang in a spoof of Charlie Chan, Peter Falk as Sam Diamond in a spoof […]

Mar, 11

The Evil That Men Do * (1984, Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, Joseph Maher, José Ferrer, René Enriquez, John Glover, Raymond St Jacques) – Classic Movie Review 6781

Director J Lee Thompson’s competent but disreputable 1984 vengeance/ executioner action thriller stars weary old Charles Bronson, who is still doing his vigilante violence at the age of 62, this time as Holland, a retired hit […]

Mar, 09

Novocaine *** (2001, Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern) – Classic Movie Review 6763

Steve Martin stars as Frank, a shy dentist who is bowled over by the attentions of his sexy patient Susan (Helena Bonham Carter), who proves to be this offbeat comedy crime drama movie’s femme fatale, who seduces […]

Mar, 04

The Gay Bride * (1934, Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Zasu Pitts) – Classic Movie Review 6,758

MGM’s 1934 crime and romantic comedy film The Gay Bride stars Carole Lombard in the kind of role she was great in as gold-digging chorus girl. Director Jack Conway’s 1934 MGM crime and romantic comedy […]

Mar, 02

True Confession **** (1937, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel, Porter Hall, Edgar Kennedy, Lynne Overman) – Classic Movie Review 6,754

Great classic Thirties screwball comedy stuff, the 1937 film True Confession is vintage Carole Lombard, teamed again with Fred MacMurray. Director Wesley Ruggles’s extremely entertaining 1937 screwball comedy is Carole Lombard’s fourth movie with Fred […]

Mar, 01

Dakota ** (1945, John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan) – Classic Movie Review 6744

Producer-director Joseph Kane’s robustly performed, competently handled but unfocused and unexciting 1945 Republic studios Western stars John Wayne, Vera [Hruba] Ralston and Walter Brennan. John Wayne stars as sagebrush drifter John Devlin, who falls for […]

Feb, 27

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