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The Man Who Came to Dinner ***** (1942, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Jimmy Durante) – Classic Movie Review 2718

George S Kaufman and Moss Hart’s acerbic famous evergreen classic Broadway play (1939) comes to the screen with all its acid and hilarity intact in Julius J Epstein and Philip G Epstein’s screenplay for director […]

Jul, 19

The Whisperers **** (1967, Edith Evans, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman, Ronald Fraser) – Classic Movie Review 2423

Writer-director Bryan Forbes’s sterling 1967 drama The Whisperers showcases Edith Evans’s extraordinary tour-de-force performance as a neglected English working-class old woman haunted by voices and troubled by her rotten criminal son Charlie (Ronald Fraser) and […]

Apr, 24

A Letter to Three Wives **** (1949, Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Barbara Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 2416

Writer-director Joseph L Mankiewicz (All About Eve, Cleopatra) won the Oscars for Best Director and Best Screenplay for his work on this delightful 1949 suburban satire, examining the thorny question of husband and wife relationships.  […]

Apr, 21

Radio Days **** (1987, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Seth Green, Julie Kavner, Josh Mostel) – Classic Movie Review 2150

Writer-director Woody Allen’s episodic 1987 movie is a loving tribute to the radio heydays of the 40s is one of his best, most relaxed and winsome films. The film looks back on one American family’s life […]

Feb, 03

Broadway Bound ***½ (1992, Anne Bancroft, Hume Cronyn, Corey Parker, Jonathan Silverman) – Classic Movie Review 2007

Director Paul Bogart’s enthralling 1992 movie of the third part of Neil Simon’s delightful, famous Broadway stage trilogy stars Corey Parker, who takes over from Matthew Broderick in Biloxi Blues (1988) as the saga’s hero and Simon […]

Dec, 28

City Slickers **** (1991, Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby) – Classic Movie Review 1725

Director Ron Underwood’s 1991 blockbuster comedy Western is great escapist fun and deservedly cleaned up at the box-office. Star Billy Crystal gives a sharp and confident comedy performance and penned the outline of the fresh-seeming […]

Oct, 01

Good Morning, Vietnam **** (1987, Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran) – Classic Movie Review 1544

Director Barry Levinson’s 1987 movie showcases an inspired performance by Robin Williams in this often hysterical Vietnam War comedy that won him huge worldwide acclaim and finally turned him into a bankable major Hollywood star. […]

Aug, 13

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