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The Other **** (1972, Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky) – Classic Movie Review 8780

The Other (1972) is a very fine, carefully handled mystery horror movie from director Robert Mulligan. Chris Udvarnoky and Martin Udvarnoky play 12-year-old twin brothers (good Niles Perry, bad Holland Perry) living on a  farm […]

Jul, 31

Dominick and Eugene [Nicky and Gino] **** (1988, Tom Hulce, Ray Liotta, Jamie Lee Curtis) – Classic Movie Review 7888

Director Robert M Young’s unforgettable 1988 Dominick and Eugene [Nicky and Gino] stars Tom Hulce and Ray Liotta as twin brothers Dominick and Eugene Luciano, one a dustman, brain-damaged in childhood, the other a promising doctor. […]

Dec, 06

Truly Madly Deeply **** (1990, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Michael Maloney, Bill Paterson, Jenny Howe) – Classic Movie Review 7094

Writer-director Anthony Minghella’s 1990 film Truly Madly Deeply is the adorable British answer to Ghost (1990), in which Juliet Stevenson stars as English language teacher Nina, still in love with her dead cellist boyfriend Jamie (Alan […]

May, 25

Sitcom ***½ (1998, Adrien de Van, Évelyne Dandry, François Marthouret, Marina de Van) – Classic Movie Review 5379

Writer-director François Ozon’s 1998 French surreal black comedy is shockingly funny and, at heart, thoughtful and intelligent. It traces the arrival of a pet rat that causes chaos in the household of a wealthy suburban […]

May, 01

The Wind in the Willows [Mr Toad’s Wild Ride] *** (1996, Eric Idle, Steve Coogan, Nicol Williamson, Terry Jones, Antony Sher, John Cleese, Stephen Fry) – Classic Movie Review 4221

Eric Idle (Rat), Steve Coogan (Mole), Nicol Williamson (Badger) and Terry Jones (Toad) head the star-studded cast for writer-director Terry Jones’s sweet, entertaining 1996 live-action version of the beloved Kenneth Grahame children’s story The Wind […]

Aug, 23

Willard *** (2003, Crispin Glover, R Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs) – Classic Movie Review 4091

At long last, a great role for Crispin Glover in writer-director Glen Morgan’s sharp, stylish and thoroughly enjoyable 2003 remake of the 1971 chiller in which he has the part of his life as Willard […]

Jul, 27

Willard **** (1971, Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine, Sondra Locke, Elsa Lanchester) – Classic Movie Review 4090

Director Daniel Mann’s 1971 horror thriller Willard is particularly effective little chiller about a psychotic teenager, starring Bruce Davison as Willard Stiles, who trains a pair of rats called Ben and Socrates for revenge on […]

Jul, 27

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