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It Always Rains on Sunday ***** (1947, Googie Withers, John McCallum, Jack Warner, Edward Chapman, Susan Shaw, Patricia Plunkett) – Classic Movie Review 2507

Director Robert Hamer’s bleak but beautiful 1947 Ealing Studios British working-class drama is set in London’s East End. It’s not a soap opera but a work of art, a mix of early Sixties-style kitchen-sink movie and […]

May, 22

The Last Laugh [Der letzte Mann] ***** (1924, Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller) – Classic Movie Review 2474

Director F W Murnau’s tear-jerking 1924 tragic drama The Last Laugh [Der letzte Mann] provides a marvellous showcase for the great silent movie actor Emil Jannings. He gives a superb display of silent film acting […]

May, 11

About Adam **½ (2000, Stuart Townsend, Kate Hudson, Frances O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 2145

Writer-director Gerard Stembridge’s weird, larky little Dublin-set 2000 romantic comedy boasts lots of good acting and quite a few laughs at the witty lines. Stuart Townsend stars as handsome, smiling philanderer Adam who catches the eye of […]

Feb, 02

Rock Star *** (2001, Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West, Jason Flemyng, Timothy Spall, Timothy Olyphant) – Classic Movie Review 854

Mark Wahlberg shows his star quality as a copy machine repairer, pop fan and, by night, lead singer of Pennsylvania’s premiere Steel Dragon rock tribute band. Wahlberg’s Chris ‘Izzy’ Cole grabs his chance to join the actual Steel […]

Mar, 01

Hard Rain **** (1998, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Ed Asner) – Classic Movie Review 315

Director Mikael Salomon’s extremely well done, exciting, first-class 1998 crime thriller Hard Rain boasts a new idea at its heart and a wonderfully convincing production, achieved under the most difficult of circumstances. A storm hits […]

Oct, 23

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