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Vanya on 42nd Street **** (1994, Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, Jerry Mayer, Phoebe Brand, George Gaynes) – Classic Movie Review 11,267

Director Louis Malle’s 1994 American film Vanya on 42nd Street, written by Andre Gregory and starring Wallace Shawn and Julianne Moore, is an intimate, interpretive performance of the 1899 play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov […]

Jun, 03

Firecreek *** (1968, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Gary Lockwood, Jack Elam, James Best) – Classic Movie Review 11,148

Director Bernard McEveety’s 1968 Western film Firecreek is a strongly cast, decent cowboy vehicle for sixtysomething real-life best buddies Henry Fonda and James Stewart. Fonda plays Bob Larkin, the wounded villainous leader of a wild […]

Apr, 29

It Happened in Brooklyn *** (1947, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford, Gloria Grahame) – Classic Movie Review 11,098

‘IT ALL TAKES PLACE IN THAT FASCINATING WONDERLAND OF THE FAR EAST… BROOKLYN! ‘ Director Richard Whorf’s slight but amiable 1947 black and white MGM musical It Happened in Brooklyn stars the near-irresistible line-up of […]

Apr, 14

Maytime in Mayfair * (1949, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Peter Graves) – Classic Movie Review 9454

Director Herbert Wilcox’s 1949 romantic musical Maytime in Mayfair is the empty-headed Technicolor sequel to the hugely successful 1948 Spring in Park Lane, though it sees the welcome return of Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Nicholas […]

Mar, 02

Kursk: The Last Mission [The Command] *** (2018, Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Colin Firth, Peter Simonischek, Max von Sydow) – Movie Review

Director Thomas Vinterberg’s sterling, well-told, convincing, compelling film version of the true-life tragic story of the 2000 Russian K-141 Kursk submarine disaster is a worthwhile, immersive but challenging and harrowing experience. Kursk: The Last Mission […]

Jul, 14

Khartoum *** (1966, Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 8535

‘They say the Nile still runs red from the Battle of Khartoum!’ ‘Khartoum — where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins!’ Director Basil Dearden’s 1966 adventure Khartoum is an intriguing, thoughtful and well-acted […]

Jun, 02

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx *** (1970, Gene Wilder, Margot Kidder, Eileen Colgan) – Classic Movie Review 8096

Director Waris Hussein’s 1970 comedy Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx stars the late lamented comedy genius Gene Wilder as an Irish dung-collector called Quackser, who crosses all kinds of barriers to romance […]

Feb, 05

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