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Smiley’s People **** (1982, Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bill Paterson, Patrick Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 9660

Director Simon Langton’s 1982 TV mini-series Smiley’s People is the eagerly awaited sequel to the 1979 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which this time has a surprisingly thin plot (at least for this running time of […]

Apr, 21

Weekend at Bernie’s II ** (1993, Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser, Troy Byer, Barry Bostwick) – Classic Movie Review 9448

Writer-director Robert Klane’s unexpected 1993 sequel Weekend at Bernie’s II to the 1989 hit comedy Weekend at Bernie’s centres on the hunt for the deceased mobster Bernie Lomax’s cash. Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman return […]

Mar, 01

Doctor Sleep ** (2019 Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Carel Struycken) – Movie Review

Three decades on from the story in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 classic The Shining, the kid Danny Torrance is grown up, a troubled alcoholic drifter, now played by Ewan McGregor, who gets a job at a […]

Nov, 02

It Chapter Two ** (2019, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Bill Skarsgård) – Movie Review

Director Andy Muschietti’s It (2017) sequel It Chapter Two (2019) is a bit of a disappointment, with dull adults wandering forlornly around their old home town of Derry, Maine, once again 27 years after their […]

Sep, 18

Doctor Dolittle 2 ** (2001, Eddie Murphy, Cedric the Entertainer, Kristen Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 8753

Director Steve Carr’s jolly, quite entertaining, easy-going 2001 sequel to the 1998 Doctor Dolittle remake, Doctor Dolittle 2, brings Eddie Murphy back as Doctor John Dolittle MD, who must save a forest from nasty, greedy […]

Jul, 24

Pufnstuf *** (1970, Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye, Cass Elliot) – Classic Movie Review 8664

Director Hollingsworth Morse’s 1970 family comedy adventure Pufnstuf is an adaptation for the big screen of the children’s TV series H R Pufnstuf (17 episodes, 1969-1970), which will fill many a baby boomer with nostalgia […]

Jul, 01

Drum * (1976, Warren Oates, Ken Norton, Isela Vega, Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, John Colicos, Brenda Sykes, Paula Kelly, Fiona Lewis, Royal Dano) – Classic Movie Review 8593

Director Steve Carver’s 1976 movie Drum is an embarrassing, lurid, stop-at-nothing sequel to the 1975 Mandingo, based on the follow-up novel by Kyle Onstott, about the misadventures of an 1860 New Orleans whorehouse slave called […]

Jun, 14

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