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Hilary and Jackie *** (1998, Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths) – Classic Movie Review 1693

Director Anand Tucker’s 1998 drama is an impeccably acted, quite imaginatively handled version of the true story of the brilliant British cellist Jacqueline du Pré (Emily Watson) and her devoted musician sister Hilary (Rachel Griffiths). […]

Sep, 20

Murder on the Orient Express **** (1974, Albert Finney, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave) – Classic Movie Review 1304

Director Sidney Lumet’s sumptuous, famous 1974 film mystery set a cinema trend, starting a long, profitable train of Agatha Christie hit movies. This film’s tagline is ‘The greatest cast of suspicious characters ever involved in murder.’ […]

Jun, 07

The Name of the Rose **** (1986, Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F Murray Abraham, Feodor Chaliapin Jr, Ron Perlman, Vernon Dobtcheff, William Hickey) – Classic Movie Review 1084

Director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s 1986 worldwide movie hit The Name of the Rose turns the Umberto Eco metaphysical bestselling novel into a thrilling, adult medieval mystery. It won the César for Best Foreign Film and BAFTAs […]

Apr, 12

Before Sunset ***** (2004, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff) – Classic Movie Review 858

It’s 2004, and nine years on from their first tentative but passionate encounter in Richard Linklater’s 1995 romantic drama Before Sunrise (1995), Jesse (Ethan Hawke), now a writer, is back in Europe for a book […]

Mar, 02

The Spy Who Loved Me **** (1977, Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel, Caroline Munro) – Classic Movie Review 405

The tenth Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, made in 1977, is exuberantly entertaining and one of the high spots of Roger Moore’s enjoyable seven-movie reign as 007. Moore gives a supremely suave and […]

Nov, 15

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