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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman *** (1982, Billie Whitelaw, Paul Freeman, Pippa Guard) – Classic Movie Review 10,444

Director Christopher Petit’s 1982 crime mystery thriller An Unsuitable Job for a Woman is an intriguing and largely successful if too tricksy film version of P D James’s twisting 1972 novel featuring her female detective […]

Oct, 21

From Noon Till Three *** (1976, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Douglas Fowley) – Classic Movie Review 10,405

Writer-director Frank D Gilroy’s 1976 From Noon Till Three stars Charles Bronson, who admirably tries to stretch himself by extending his range in this offbeat adult comedy Western satire that tackles the Western myth by […]

Oct, 12

The Game **** (1997, Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn, Deborah Kara Unger, Peter Donat, Carroll Baker) – Classic Movie Review 10,401

Director David Fincher’s exciting and stylish 1997 American puzzle thriller The Game stars an ideally cast Michael Douglas as very wealthy San Francisco investment banker Nicholas Van Orton, given a mysterious gift for his 48th […]

Oct, 11

Dr M * (1990, Alan Bates, Jennifer Beals, Jan Niklas) – Classic Movie Review 9873

Director Claude Chabrol’s 1990 German, Italian, French sci-fi policier/ futuristic thriller Dr M [Club Extinction], an homage to Fritz Lang’s Dr Mabuse, The Gambler (1922), goes awry, but it does maintain a slight level of interest […]

Jun, 07

You’re Telling Me! *** (1934, W C Fields, Joan Marsh, Larry ‘Buster’ Crabbe, Adrienne Ames, Kathleen Howard, Louise Carter) – Classic Movie Review 9780

Director Erle C Kenton’s 1934 comedy You’re Telling Me! stars W C Fields as Mr Sam Brisbee, an optician despised in his small town, particularly by his wife Bessie/ or Abigail (Louise Carter), for his […]

May, 17

Reefer Madness (1936, Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles) – Classic Movie Review 9541

Director Louis J Gasnier’s infamous 1936 Reefer Madness [The Burning Question] [Tell Your Children] [Dope Addict] is a hilariously overstated Thirties warning against the danger of the weed – just one drag of marijuana and […]

Mar, 21

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate **** (1923, Edna Purviance, Adolphe Menjou, Clarence Geldart, Carl Miller) – Classic Movie Review 9234

Charles Chaplin wrote, produced and directed the silent 1923 romantic drama A Woman of Paris, a simple story of a country girl called Marie St Clair (Edna Purviance) who believes she has been jilted and […]

Jan, 06

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