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Something To Talk About *** (1995, Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands, Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Kyra Sedgwick) – Classic Movie Review 4986

Director Lasse Hallstrom’s exceptional, appealing 1995 domestic comedy drama about the affairs of a rich family in the American South really is something to talk about tomorrow with your friends or in the workplace. Robert Duvall […]

Feb, 03

The Window **** (1949, Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman) – Classic Movie Review 3714

Director Ted Tetzlaff’s engrossing and impeccably handled 1949 film noir thriller The Window stars Bobby Driscoll, as a mischievous lad called Tommy who is prone to crying wolf. One hot summer night, he tells his […]

May, 16

Humoresque **** (1920, Alma Rubens, Gaston Glass, Vera Gordon, Dore Davidson) – Classic Movie Review 3535

Director Frank Borzage’s 1920 silent movie is the original version of the Fannie Hurst story in a collection of stories entitled Humoresque: A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It (1920) that was turned a wonderful vehicle for […]

Apr, 06

Bachelor Party ** (1984, Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, Adrian Zmed, George Grizzard, Wendie Jo Sperber, Michael Dudikoff) – Classic Movie Review 3133

Co-writer-director Neal Israel’s 1984 comedy showcases the young Tom Hanks, then aged 28 and on his way to super-stardom, who leads a smutty, not very funny film about an accident-prone bachelor party. Not even the […]

Dec, 06

L’Argent de Poche [Small Change] **** (1976, Georges Desmouceaux, Philippe Goldmann, Nicole Félix) – Classic Movie Review 3018

Director François Truffaut’s 1976 hymn to the joys of youth is a series of charming anecdotes about a group of provincial French schoolboys, their teachers and parents in the town of Thiers in the summer of […]

Oct, 30

Vivacious Lady **** (1938, Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Beulah Bondi, James Ellison) – Classic Movie Review 2709

George Stevens’s expert and delightful 1938 romantic comedy film Vivacious Lady pairs perfectly cast James Stewart and Ginger Rogers as a conservative professor and the showgirl he impulsively marries. Producer-director George Stevens’s expert and delightful […]

Jul, 19

Men, Women & Children *** (Kaitlyn Dever, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ansel Elgort, Jennifer Garner, Adam Sandler) – Movie Review

Talented director Jason (Juno) Reitman’s comedy drama adapts Chad Kultgen’s novel and takes a smart and satirical aim at the lack of real human communication in the digital age. Fair enough, but it’s an easy target and there […]

Dec, 05

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