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The House with a Clock in Its Walls ** (2018, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan) – Movie Review

With its thin, rather lame story, The House with a Clock in Its Walls is not great for adults but it is well produced in retro style, quite funny, quite scary, and ideal for its […]

Sep, 22

Perfect Day ** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Kay Deslys, Isabelle Keith) – Classic Movie Review 7536

The title of Perfect Day (1929) is ironic of course as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy take their wives Mrs Laurel (Isabelle Keith) and Mrs Hardy (Kay Deslys) and gouty Uncle Edgar (Edgar Kennedy) out […]

Sep, 03

The Guardian *** (1990, Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell, Brad Hall, Miguel Ferrer) – Classic Movie Review 7252

  ‘Tonight, while the world is asleep… an ancient evil is about to awaken.’ Director William Friedkin’s 1990 baby-sitter-from-hell movie The Guardian is a gripping horror film whose quality and entertainment value went scarcely noticed […]

Jul, 05

The Egg and I **** (1947, Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Louise Allbritton, Richard Long) Classic Movie Review 7231

Co-writer/ producer/ director Chester Erskine’s 1947 Universal Pictures black and white screwball comedy The Egg and I is a warm and witty farm frolic that proved Claudette Colbert’s last big hit. It is written for […]

Jun, 28

Promise Her Anything ** (1966, Warren Beatty, Leslie Caron, Robert Cummings, Hermione Gingold, Lionel Stander, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 6228

Director Arthur Hiller’s airy-fairy British made 1966 comedy teams Warren Beatty with Leslie Caron, but has the wit to throw in a large number of stylish character actors to make it a bit tastier and […]

Nov, 11

The Sentinel * (1977, Cristina Raines, Ava Gardner, Chris Sarandon) – Classic Movie Review 6,033

Michael Winner’s distasteful 1977 supernatural horror film The Sentinel is a ferocious farrago. Cristina Raines stars as a fashion model who moves into a Brooklyn Heights apartment built over the gates of Hell. ‘She was […]

Sep, 19

Toolbox Murders *** (2004, Angela Bettis, Brent Roam, Marco Rodríguez) – Classic Movie Review 5999

Angela Bettis and Brent Roam star as a married couple who move into an LA hotel apartment block, where the young women are being terrorised by a maniac in a balaclava-type ski-mask. There are lots […]

Aug, 29

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