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Trumbo **** (2015, Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Elle Fanning) – Movie Review
Director Jay Roach’s riveting 2015 movie tells the crucial story of the diabolical Hollywood blacklist and America’s persecution of left-wingers and radicals that brought appalling harm to individuals, some jailed after committing no crime, and shame […]
Le Mépris [Contempt] **** (1963, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Fritz Lang, Giorgia Moll) – Classic Movie Review 3011
‘Bardot at her bold, bare and brazen best!’ Jean-Luc Godard’s 1963 French New Wave meditation on cinema Le Mépris [Contempt] features France’s number one sex symbol Brigitte Bardot in provocative poses. ‘Bardot at her bold, […]
The Pumpkin Eater ***** (1964, Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason) – Classic Movie Review 2105
Jack Clayton’s 1964 film The Pumpkin Eater is British Sixties film-making perfection. It provides a superb showcase for Anne Bancroft, who won the Best Actress award at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA […]
Life Itself **** (2014, Roger Ebert) – Movie Review
Director Steve James’s documentary on the personal life, journalism career and death of renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert is insightful, entertaining, informative and heartbreaking. With his Siskel and Ebert TV show in the […]
The Rewrite **** (2014, Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei) – Movie Review
Hugh Grant is back being funny as Keith Michaels, a burnt-out Hollywood-based Oscar-winning Best Screenplay writer, whose agent finds him some desperately needed work teaching a screenwriting course at a college on the East Coast. It’s Binghamton, […]
Adaptation **** (2002, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox) – Classic Movie Review 824
Director Spike Jonze’s 2002 comedy drama film Adaptation is a quietly dazzling cult favourite from the maker of Being John Malkovich and Her. There were four Oscar nominations, but there was only one win: Chris […]
In a Lonely Place ***** (1950, Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy) – Classic Movie Review 758
Director Nicholas Ray’s classic 1950 film noir thriller is still essential viewing, with a scalding performance by Humphrey Bogart that’s a highlight of his illustrious career. Bogart relishes one of his most complex, intricate and […]