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Adventures of a Taxi Driver * (1976, Barry Evans, Judy Geeson, Adrienne Posta, Robert Lindsay, Liz Fraser, Diana Dors) – Classic Movie Review 10,407

‘The Laugh-O-Meter Is On!’ ‘He gets more than his fare share!’ Director Stanley A Long’s 1976 British sex comedy Adventures of a Taxi Driver is the first of three fairly dismal and turgid Seventies Brit […]

Oct, 13

Man About the House ** (1974, Richard O’Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett) – Classic Movie Review 9536

Hammer Films’ tame and tiring 1974 sex comedy Man About the House is spun off from the popular 39-episode Seventies British TV series Man About the House (1973–1976) about two young women, Chrissy and Jo, […]

Mar, 20

Studio 54 **** (2018, Steve Rubell, Ian Schrager) – Movie Review

Director Matt Tyrnauer’s tremendous, exhaustive, exhilarating feature documentary says what must be the last word on iconic Seventies New York City celebrity disco Studio 54. It is absolutely fabulous! It tells the story of what […]

Jun, 18

Yardie ** (2018, Aml Ameen, Stephen Graham, Fraser James ) – Movie Review

Idris Elba’s intriguing but shaky 2018 directorial debut Yardie is a decent and entertaining enough London gangland revenge crime thriller, but overall must count as a bit of disappointment. The problems are a weak period […]

Jun, 03

That Good Night *** (2017, John Hurt, Sofia Helin, Max Brown, Charles Dance, Erin Richards) – Movie Review

So very, very sad. John Hurt is lovely, but it is almost unbearable to watch a dying man play a dying man. That Good Night is so very, very sad. John Hurt is lovely in […]

May, 16

20th Century Women **** (2016, Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann, Billy Crudup) – Movie Review

There’s a feast of acting from Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig in writer-director Mike Mills’s rousing, provocative and moving story of three hippyish women exploring love and freedom in Southern California during the early Seventies. Mills is Oscar […]

Feb, 24

The Lovers *** (1973, Richard Beckinsale, Paula Wilcox, Joan Scott, Susan Littler) – Classic Movie Review 4774

Director Herbert Wise’s pleasing 1973 British feature film version of the popular and much-loved TV comedy series created by Jack Rosenthal in 1970 (running till 1971) reunites the delightful stars Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox […]

Dec, 08

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