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Cavalcade **** (1933, Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 2215

Director Frank Lloyd’s 1933 drama Cavalcade is a creaky but still entertaining and stirring nostalgic movie version of Noël Coward’s sentimental English patriotic pageant stage play. It was a three-Oscar winner, for Best Picture, Best Director […]

Feb, 26

Coming Home ***** (1978, Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty) – Classic Movie Review 2053

Director Hal Ashby’s high-impact, liberal-minded, issue-led 1978 triple Oscar-winning classic triumphed at the Academy Awards. Jon Voight and Jane Fonda won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress as Luke Martin, a bitter, wheelchair-bound Vietnam […]

Jan, 06

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ***** (1948, Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt) – Classic Movie Review 1,350

John Huston’s renowned 1948 adventure thriller film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre showcases one of Humphrey Bogart’s finest hours as the greedy Fred C Dobbs, one of three itinerant American prospectors, who try to […]

Jun, 22

Dallas Buyers Club ***** (2013, Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Denis O’Hare, Steve Zahn) – Movie Review

Dallas Buyers Club is a stunning experience, an incredibly forceful blow to the brain and the emotions. The movie is a remarkable tour de force of writing and directing, with electrifying performances by Matthew McConaughey […]

Feb, 06

The Social Network **** (2010, Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara, Joseph Mazzello, Josh Pence) – Classic Movie Review 586

Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield star as Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, the sickeningly far-too brainy Harvard duo who start up the social-networking website Facebook together but end up falling out and fighting each other […]

Dec, 28

Avatar **** (2009, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Michelle Rodriguez, C C H Pounder) – Classic Movie Review 577

Director James Cameron’s 2009 fantasy action adventure movie Avatar is the highest grossing film in history. It won three Oscars, for Best Achievement in Visual Effects, Art Direction and Cinematography, acknowledging its incredible state-of-the-art images. Six […]

Dec, 27

Jaws ***** (1975, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 526

The triple-Oscar-winning 1975 monster movie classic that propelled the 28-year-old director Steven Spielberg to the front rank of cinema story-tellers is a sleekly crafted rollercoaster ride of fear, suspense and thrills. Based on the bestselling […]

Dec, 15

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