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Carrie **** (1952, Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert, Basil Ruysdael, Ray Teal, Barry Kelley) – Classic Movie Review 5096

Producer-director William Wyler’s capable, weepie film of Theodore Dreiser’s novel Sister Carrie boasts one of Laurence Olivier’s most distinguished performances as George Hurstwood, the restaurateur who leaves his wife Julie (Miriam Hopkins) for farm girl […]

Mar, 04

The Founder **** (2016, Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Laura Dern, Linda Cardellini) – Movie Review

The Founder starts as an advert for McDonald’s fast food and the disposable, ambitious, cheery, patriotic American way. But then, just when you think you are paying to see and advert, it turns quite dark […]

Feb, 24

Something Wicked This Way Comes ***½ (1983, Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Pam Grier, Royal Dano, Richard Davalos) – Classic Movie Review 4588

Vidal Peterson and Shawn Carson play 12-year-old boys Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade who search for the secret of a creepy carnival that visits their Illinois small town, in director Jack Clayton’s smoothly scary 1983 […]

Nov, 04

The Pursuit of Happyness *** (2006, Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith) – Classic Movie Review 3834

Will Smith stars with his real-life son Jaden Smith as a father named Christopher ‘Chris’ Gardner facing ruin with his little kid in director Gabriele Muccino’s evidently sincere and well-meaning 2006 true-story heart-warmer. It is 1981 and Gardner […]

Jun, 10

Last Holiday **** (1950, Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Kay Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 2592

Director Henry Cass’s neat and nimble 1950 small-scale black comedy stars Alec Guinness, who is his usual expert and excellent self in a subtly sentimental, neatly scripted original story and screenplay by J B Priestley. […]

Jun, 13

The Shop Around the Corner ***** (1940, Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Felix Bressart, William Tracy) – Classic Movie Review 2512

The 1940 Ernst Lubitsch romcom is a Christmas delight, telling the story of two employees (Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart) at a Budapest leathergoods store in the lead-up to Christmas.  Director Ernst Lubitsch’s 1940 sparkling romantic […]

May, 23

Macao **** (1952, Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix) – Classic Movie Review 1679

‘Everybody’s lonely, worried, and sorry. Everybody’s looking for something.’ – Jane Russell. Director Josef Von Sternberg ties his steamy, sultry 1952 film noir up in a tidy knot. This underrated, very likeable thriller boasts two scintillating performances […]

Sep, 16

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