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Rain Man ***** (1988, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino) – Classic Movie Review 2064

Director Barry Levinson’s four Oscar-winning 1988 drama is a triumph, winning some of the most important of the 1989 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. It also won the […]

Jan, 10

The Banger Sisters **½ (2002, Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Geoffrey Rush) – Classic Movie Review 2013

Writer-director Rob Dolman’s 2002 nostalgic comedy drama has welcome stars in Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon as rock groupies Suzette and Vinnie (now known as the serious-minded Lavinia Kingsley), who reconnect after 25 years and go […]

Dec, 29

Dumb and Dumber To **½ (2014, Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle) – Movie Review

Dumb and Dumber To brings the retired retards Harry and Lloyd back out of mothballs for a desperate update, with original stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, and original writer-directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly. The shameful, appallingly […]

Dec, 18

The Odd Couple II ** (1998, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon) – Classic Movie Review 1458

Director Howard Deutsch’s 1998 belated sequel to the 1968 classic would have been better years earlier, but it’s still a case of better late than never. After ten films teamed together, The Odd Couple II was […]

Jul, 21

Boyhood ***** (2014, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane) – Movie Review

Writer-director Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is a five-star marvel, probably the best film I’ve seen all year, or at least the one I liked, admired, enjoyed and relished most. It’s the perfect antidote to all the […]

Jul, 10

Tammy * (2014, Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon) – Movie Review

Tammy stars Melissa McCarthy, and it’s directed by actor Ben Falcone, her husband since 2005. Enterprisingly, together the couple write their own screenplay, in which Tammy (McCarthy) crashes her car, is fired from her crappy burger joint waitress job […]

Jul, 03

Road Trip *** (2000, Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, D J Qualls, Paolo Costanzo) – Classic Movie Review 958

Co-writer/director Todd Phillips’s 2000 comedy is a hoot from the man who went on to make Old School and The Hangover, which are much in the same vein. Breckin Meyer stars as New York student […]

Mar, 22

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