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Wrong Again *** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dell Henderson, Josephine Crowell, Harry Bernard) – Classic Movie Review 7414

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are on good form in director Leo McCarey’s bizarre and amusing 1929 20-minute two-reel farcical comedy Wrong Again, written by H M Walker (titles), based on a story by Lewis R […]

Aug, 08

Bed of Roses ** (1996, Christian Slater, Mary Stuart Masterson, Pamela Adlon, Josh Brolin, Debra Monk) – Classic Movie Review 6726

Writer-director Michael Goldenberg’s 1996 romantic drama stars Christian Slater as shy widowed florist Lewis Farrell who sends roses to workaholic banker Lisa Walker (Mary Stewart Masterson) and they begin a whirlwind love affair, with Masterson […]

Feb, 23

Van Gogh *** (1991, Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Gérard Séty, Bernard Le Coq, Corinne Bourdon, Elsa Zylberstein) – Classic Movie Review 6054

A complex, deeply humane portrayal by Alexandra Dutronc brings the troubled painter Vincent Van Gogh to life in writer-director Maurice Pialat’s meticulous and supremely detailed 1992 French historical biopic that places the end of the […]

Oct, 03

Night Gallery (The Cemetery/Eyes/The Escape Route) **** (1969, Joan Crawford, Roddy McDowall, Tom Bosley, Barry Sullivan, Ossie Davis, Sam Jaffe) – Classic Movie Review 6010

Writer-creator Rod Serling introduces three of his own Twilight Zone-style stories, the pilot TV movie for the 50-episode anthology concept hit series Night Gallery (1969-73) showing off pictures that reflect mankind’s base instincts in stories […]

Sep, 10

Legal Eagles *** (1986, Robert Redford. Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill) – Classic Movie Review 5967

Producer-director Ivan Reitman’s 1986 romantic comedy thriller provides a nice change of pace for Robert Redford as Tom Logan, a New York prosecuting assistant district attorney embroiled with with his adversary the defence lawyer Laura […]

Aug, 25

The Moon and Sixpence **** (1943, George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Steve Geray, Doris Dudley, Eric Blore) – Classic Movie Review 4682

Writer-director Albert Lewin’s 1943 romantic drama is a compelling and thoughtful literary adaptation of W Somerset Maugham’s classic novel about a money broker who puts art before family. The story is loosely inspired by the life […]

Nov, 22

The Sleeping Cardinal [Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour] *** (1931, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Norman McKinnel, Philip Hewland, Minnie Rayner, Leslie Perrins) – Classic Movie Review 4478

Director Leslie S Hiscott’s suspenseful 1931 British mystery thriller stars Arthur Wontner in the first of his five performances as Sherlock Holmes in a new screen story that finds the great detective on the trail of […]

Oct, 16

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