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Liberty Heights **** (1999, Joe Mantegna, Adrien Brody, Ben Foster, Bebe Neuwirth) – Classic Movie Review 1546

Writer-director Barry Levinson’s posh, intelligent, enjoyable if rambling 1999 coming-of-age drama centres on two Jewish brothers in Baltimore in 1954-55. It boasts powerful, committed performances from a strong cast headed by Adrien Brody, Ben Foster , Joe […]

Aug, 15

Mrs Doubtfire **** (1993, Robin Williams, Sally Field) – Classic Movie Review 1538

Director Chris Columbus’s much-loved 1993 drag comedy showcases a brilliant tour-de-force performance by Robin Williams as a bitterly divorced actor Daniel Hillard, who disguises himself as an elderly Scottish housekeeper to spend time with his three lovely […]

Aug, 12

Animal Crackers ***** (1930, Marx Brothers) – Classic Movie Review 1471

‘One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know.’ – Groucho Marx. The four Marx Brothers Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo are on tip-top funny form […]

Jul, 25

Bad Neighbours **½ (2014, Zac Efron, Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco) – Movie Review

Ah, bad neighbours, we’ve all been there! Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne play a married couple in their 30s with a new-born kid, who move into a new dream home that turns into a nightmare when […]

May, 01

A Star Is Born ***** (1937, Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou) – Classic Movie Review 1124

Fredric March and Janet Gaynor star as an alcoholic leading movie actor on the skids and his young wife whose film career is just taking off in director William A Wellman’s 1937 brilliant, unfaded original film […]

Apr, 20

House on Haunted Hill *** (1958, Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Julie Mitchum, Alan Marshal, Carolyn Craig, Elisha Cook Jnr) – Classic Movie Review 1,090

William Castle’s fondly regarded 1958 black and white horror movie House on Haunted Hill stars Vincent Price as an eccentric millionaire who invites five people for a haunted house party. Whoever spends the whole night there […]

Apr, 13

Vampires (1998, John Carpenter) – Classic Film Review 1070

Co-writer/director John Carpenter’s 1998 black-comedy action chiller features a team of Vatican-employed vampire hunters, led by Jack Crow (James Woods), chasing Jan Valek the Vampire (Thomas Ian Griffith) and his band of bloodsuckers in New […]

Apr, 08

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