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Miles Ahead *** (2015, Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Stuhlbarg) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director/star Don Cheadle’s labour of love biopic is a free-wheeling, impressionistic exploration of the life and music of legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991). This is Cheadle’s director début […]

Apr, 23

Shampoo ** (1975, Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, George Furth, Tony Bill) – Classic Movie Review 3547

Director Hal Ashby proves out of his depth with farce in this 1975 comedy but still great with actors and lots of good performances lift the smug, self-congratulatory and smutty screenplay. Naturally, of course, Warren […]

Apr, 09

Christopher Strong *** (1933, Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke) – Classic Movie Review 3418

Katharine Hepburn does well in director Dorothy Arzner’s 1933 romantic drama as strong-willed but dashing aviatrix Lady Cynthia Darrington who falls for English member of Parliament Sir Christopher Strong (Colin Clive), threatening his happy marriage to wife Lady Strong (Billie […]

Feb, 27

A Bill of Divorcement *** (1932, John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke, David Manners, Paul Cavanagh, Henry Stephenson) – Classic Movie Review 3417

Director George Cukor’s 1932 drama is a creaky version of Clemence Dane’s family problem drama written for the theatre. It is virtually a static film of the play, but it is notable as the film début […]

Feb, 27

A Place in the Sun **** (1951, Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters) – Classic Movie Review 3351

Director George Stevens’s then daring 1951 film of Theodore Dreiser’s 1925 novel An American Tragedy was once greatly acclaimed and admired but now it has faded and is unfairly overlooked. The overfree screenplay is based on […]

Feb, 13

Harvey ***** (1950, James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway, Wallace Ford, Ida Moore, Jesse White) – Classic Movie Review 3175

‘The Wonderful Pulitzer Prize Play… becomes one of the Great Motion Pictures of our Time!’ Don’t undersell it, will you? Director Henry Koster’s enchanting 1950 comedy enshrines one of James Stewart’s most delightful and beloved […]

Dec, 20

XX/XY ** (2002, Mark Ruffalo, Kathleen Robertson, Maya Stange, Petra Wright) – Classic Movie Review 3162

Writer-director Austin Chick’s 2002 romantic drama XX/XY stars Mark Ruffalo, whose character Coles becomes involved with college students Thea and Sam (Kathleen Robertson and Maya Stange) in a three-way relationship that spirals out of control. There […]

Dec, 17

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