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Frauds *** (1993, Phil Collins, Hugo Weaving, Josephine Byrnes) – Classic Movie Review 3041

Writer-director Stephan Elliott’s 1993 Avengers-style fantasy comedy crime thriller stars a slightly struggling Phil Collins as Roland Copping, a sadistic insurance investigator who gets his kicks from manipulating people’s lives with outrageous games and gimmicks. He […]

Nov, 07

September **** (1987, Denholm Elliott, Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Sam Waterston, Jack Warden) – Classic Movie Review 3039

Writer-director Woody Allen’s powerful 1987 Ingmar Bergman-style movie is an intense, serious psychological drama from Allen in which six people (played by Denholm Elliott, Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Sam Waterston and Jack Warden) try […]

Nov, 07

Carefree **** (1938, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear, Clarence Kolb, Jack Carson, Franklin Pangborn) – Classic Movie Review 2953

Director Mark Sandrich’s 1938 romantic comedy musical movie is Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’s eighth film together and, though there is a lot of fun to be found here, sadly the high standard is now […]

Oct, 04

Pan *** (2015, Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Cara Delevingne, Amanda Seyfried, Paul Kaye, Kathy Burke) – Movie Review

Director Joe Wright’s prequel story of an English orphan boy who is spirited away to the magical Neverland, where he looks for his long-lost mother and finds both fun and danger, is brisk, pleasant and […]

Sep, 20

Samba *** (2014, Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Hélène Vincent) – Movie Review

Omar Sy and Charlotte Gainsbourg star as Senegal immigrant Samba and burnt-out immigration executive Alice in this serious-minded French romantic comedy drama. It’s a fresh, most enjoyable movie, with three excellent star performances, and it’s good to see Gainsbourg […]

Apr, 29

Kipps [The Remarkable Mr Kipps] ***½ (1941, Michael Redgrave, Phyllis Calvert, Diana Wynyard) – Classic Movie Review 1836

Director Carol Reed’s 1941 vintage film Kipps [The Remarkable Mr Kipps] stars an ideally cast Michael Redgrave, who does wonders with the role of H G Wells’s draper’s assistant and apprentice Mr Arthur Kipps. He […]

Nov, 12

The Sacrifice [Offret] ***** (1986, Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Sven Wollter) – Classic Movie Review 1715

Writer-director Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1986 final masterwork stars Erland Josephson, who plays Alexander, an increasingly reclusive former actor, journalist and philosopher who has shunned fame and turned away from the vanities of society. It won four awards […]

Sep, 27

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