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Friday the 13th *** (1980, Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Laurie Bartram, Kevin Bacon) – Classic Movie Review 1815

Sean S Cunningham’s 1980 stalk-and-slasher film hit Friday the 13th established itself as a blockbuster, a firm horror favourite and a long-running franchise. Betsy Palmer stars as Mrs Pamela Voorhees. Watch out for Kevin Bacon […]

Nov, 07

The Door in the Floor **** (2004, Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Jon Foster) – Classic Movie Review 1507

Writer-director Tod Williams’s 2004 drama about a disintegrating household sees Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger at their brilliant best as desperately sad, tragic parents unable to come to terms with the death of their two sons […]

Aug, 02

I Declare War *** (2012, Siam Yu, Kolton Stewart, Gage Munroe) – Movie Review

A group of 12-year-old boys and one girl play out a lively war game of Capture the Flag in the local woods. In best Lord of the Flies fashion, the summer war games turn deadly serious with […]

May, 08

Summertime [Summer Madness] ***** (1955, Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin, Mari Aldon, André Morell, Jeremy Spenser) – Classic Movie Review 679

Director David Lean’s 1955 exquisite masterwork is a gloriously unashamed, full-throttled romance, in which Katharine Hepburn plays Jane Hudson, a visiting American spinster who enjoys a summer of chaste love with an old Italian smoothie […]

Jan, 12

Vicky Cristina Barcelona **** (2008, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem) – Classic Movie Review 1442

‘We came so close to perfection, you and I.’ Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson star as holidaying young American friends Vicky and Cristina, in Woody Allen’s return to his finest form, the 2008 romantic comedy-drama […]

Sep, 19

The Seven Year Itch ***** (1955, Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes) – Classic Movie Review 103

Marilyn Monroe gives her archetypal dumb-blonde act a total workout as The Girl, the unnamed ditzy new neighbour upstairs from tormented hero Richard Sherman (played by Tom Ewell), in Billy Wilder’s delicious 1955 choice comedy […]

Jul, 28

The Kings of Summer **** (2013, Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, Erin Moriarty) – Movie Review

Three lost, dazed and confused teenaged American Mid-West boys, Joe (Nick Robinson), Patrick (Gabriel Basso) and Biaggio (Moises Arias), quit their comfy homes and annoying families and take to the woods, where they spend an […]

Jul, 18

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