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Sometimes a Great Notion [Never Give an Inch] ** (1970, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel) – Classic Movie Review 6096
Paul Newman’s 1970 movie is his second determined effort at direction, after Rachel, Rachel (1968), which starred his real-life wife Joanne Woodward. Henry Fonda stars as Henry Stamper, a family patriarch whose sons Hank (Paul Newman) […]
The Replacements *** (2000, Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Jack Warden, Jon Favreau, Rhys Ifans) – Classic Movie Review 4887
Director Howard Deutch’s genial, enjoyable and well-acted 2000 sports comedy The Replacements stars Keanu Reeves as Shane Falco, the scab strike-breaking American pro-football player, who replaces the All-Pro star quarterback Eddie Martel (Brett Cullen) when […]
The Stars Look Down **** (1940, Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Edward Rigby) – 2015 Classic Movie Review 2205
Director Carol Reed’s admirable 1940 movie version of A J Cronin’s novel is meticulously crafted, crisply scripted and expertly performed by a fine cast. It stars an ideally cast Michael Redgrave as Davey Fenwick, a […]
The Angry Silence **** (1960, Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee, Alfred Burke) – Classic Movie Review 2111
Director Guy Green’s 1960 drama The Angry Silence is a refreshingly bracing, grown-up and engrossing thought piece that finds the 1960 British cinema in a surprisingly serious frame of mind in a story that tackles […]
I’m All Right Jack ***** (1959, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Irene Handl, Liz Fraser, John le Mesurier) – Classic Movie Review 1850
Director John Boulting and producer Roy Boulting’s 1959 comedy I’m All Right Jack showcases one of Peter Sellers’s all-time greatest performances as the canny but blinkered and blustering union boss, shop steward Fred Kite, who […]
Animal Factory *** (2000, Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo, Mickey Rourke) – Classic Movie Review 1467
Director Steve Buscemi’s janglingly edgy 2000 movie stars Willem Dafoe as a shaven-headed old lag takes drug-dealing rich lad Edward Furlong under his wing. Furlong ‘s slight, privileged kid Ron Decker has landed up in San Quentin jail […]
Billy Elliot ***** (2000, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Gary Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 262
Here at long, long last in 2000 came a British movie to cheer about – and a new young star in the making in 14-year-old Jamie Bell. Billy Elliot is a follow that dream, rags […]