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Casanova Brown ** (1944, Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Frank Morgan, Anita Louise) – Classic Movie Review 7693

Director Sam Wood’s 1944 Casanova Brown boasts good stars in Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright and Frank Morgan, but this is no more than pleasant comedy, which is especially disappointing as there is an intriguing premise […]

Oct, 22

Molly’s Game **** (2017, Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Chris O’Dowd, Jeremy Strong) – Movie Review

Writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s truly epic biopic of ‘Poker Princess’ Molly Bloom is a knockout. It is 140 mesmerising screen minutes. Both Sorkin’s screenplay and his star Jessica Chastain as Bloom are nothing short of sensational. Kevin […]

Jan, 10

Black Coal, Thin Ice [Bai ri yan huo] **** (2014, Fan Liao, Lun Mei Gwei, Xuebing Wang) – Movie Review

Writer-director Yi’nan Diao’s cop mystery thriller starts with several dismembered corpses being discovered in a northern China small town and the investigating officer, Zhang (Fan Liao), coming up against a femme fatale (Lun Mei Gwei) working in a laundry. After a […]

Jun, 05

The Queen of Spades **** (1949, Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 2460

The 1949 fantasy horror film The Queen of Spades is based on the 1834 short story by Alexander Pushkin, and stars Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans and Yvonne Mitchell. Martin Scorsese said: ‘This stunning film is one of the few true classics […]

May, 06

His Kind of Woman **** (1951, Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Raymond Burr, Vincent Price) – Classic Movie Review 1257

Jane Russell is on her best form as Robert Mitchum’s kind of woman, in the delirious 1951 black-and-white film noir thriller His Kind of Woman (1951). Director John Farrow’s 1951 delirious black-and-white film noir thriller […]

May, 26

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