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Twice Two ** (1933, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Baldwin Cooke) – Classic Movie Review 7369

Director James Parrott’s 1933 20-minute short Twice Two finds Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy playing both themselves and, creepily but hilariously, each other’s wives. It is a year since Stan married Ollie’s sister and Ollie […]

Jul, 29

The Barkleys of Broadway ***½ (1949, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant) – Classic Movie Review 6018

After a decade apart as a screen partnership since The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), Ginger Rogers gets to star with Fred Astaire again for one final fling as his replacement co-star when […]

Sep, 14

Pittsburgh *** (1942, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne) – Classic Movie Review 5,521

The 1942 drama film Pittsburgh does the good deed of reuniting the star trio of the same year’s The Spoilers – Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne. Director Lewis Seiler’s 1942 black and white […]

May, 29

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios] **** (1988, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Julieta Serrano) – Classic Movie Review 3577

This outrageous, stylised, dazzling 1988 Spanish screwball comedy deservedly made the international reputation of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, turning him from enfant terrible into one of cinema’s biggest names. In a breakout crossover hit, it […]

Apr, 16

Across the Tracks *** (1990, Ricky Schroder, Brad Pitt, Carrie Snodgress, David Anthony Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 601

The young Brad Pitt and Rick Schroder star in writer-director Sandy Tung’s 1990 drama about a kid trying to adjust to his old life when he returns from reform school. It’s an agreeable youth-oriented coming-of-age […]

Dec, 31

The Bourne Supremacy ***** (2004, Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Joan Allen, Karl Urban, Julia Stiles, Brian Cox, Gabriel Mann) – Classic Movie Review 251

Matt Damon confirms his supremacy as a fired-up, unstoppable man of action in the heart-pounding 2004 spy thriller sequel film The Bourne Supremacy. Julia Stiles (Nicky), Brian Cox (Ward Abbott) and Gabriel Mann (Danny Zorn) […]

Sep, 19

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