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The Nutty Professor ** (1996, Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 1776

Co-writer/director Tom Shadyac’s 1996 reboot of the 1963 hit focuses on Eddie Murphy’s tour-de-force acting in several roles that brought him his long-awaited comeback after a series of flops. This remake of the old Jerry […]

Oct, 24

Accident ***** (1967, Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael York, Jacqueline Sassard) – Classic Movie Review 1768

Made in 1967, Accident is a subtle masterpiece of understated film-making, and one of the important fruits of the classic four-film partnership between American director Joseph Losey and British star Dirk Bogarde. It is second […]

Oct, 14

Dance of the Vampires [The Fearless Vampire Killers] **** (1967, Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass, Ferdy Mayne, Sharon Tate, Iain Quarrier) – Classic Movie Review 1739

This splendidly silly but gloriously witty and exceptionally good-looking 1967 English vampire spoof film Dance of the Vampires finds the right film-maker in co-writer/director Roman Polanski. The film-maker casts himself and his future wife Sharon […]

Oct, 03

Flubber ** (1997, Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Clancy Brown, Ted Levine, Wil Wheaton, Edie McClurg) – Classic Movie Review 1552

Director Les Mayfield’s harmless and innocuous 1997 family comedy Flubber is fun for kids, though adults may find it tedious at times and that a little bit of it goes a long way. Just when […]

Aug, 16

Hector and the Search for Happiness * (2014, Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette) – Movie Review

A tired-looking Simon Pegg plays menopausal psychiatrist Hector, who selfishly abandons his lovely girlfriend Clara (Rosamund Pike), whom he is very lucky to have, and searches the globe to find the secret of happiness. Though she’s […]

Aug, 14

Dead Poets Society **** (1989, Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles) – Classic Movie Review 1543

‘No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.’ – John Keating. Director Peter Weir’s inspiring, heart-felt 1989 triumph stars Robin Williams in one of his career best performances as a […]

Aug, 13

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ***** (1966, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis) – Classic Movie Review 1395

Director Mike Nichols brings Edward Albee’s vitriolic, soul-searching 1962 play to the screen in a savage, razor-edged 1966 movie. It sounds like fingernails scraping down a blackboard. You might want to turn away from the […]

Jul, 05

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