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They Got Me Covered *** (1943, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lenore Aubert, Donald MacBride, Walter Catlett, Eduardo Ciannelli) – Classic Movie Review 7860

It’s Bob Hope versus the Nazis in director David Butler’s amusing, little-known 1943 wartime Washington spy comedy thriller They Got Me Covered about a Gestapo espionage ring planning sabotage. It is a surprise subject for […]

Dec, 01

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde * (2003, Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Luke Wilson, Jennifer Coolidge, Regina King) – Classic Movie Review 5981

Reese Witherspoon returns to overplay her hand in director Charles Herman-Wurmfeld’s lame, stale and mostly tiresome 2003 sequel to the 2001 hit Legally Blonde, with some faintly rancid anti-gay stuff. Reese is back in the pink as the […]

Aug, 27

Our Modern Maidens *** (1929, Joan Crawford, Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Anita Page, Josephine Dunn) – Classic Movie Review 5964

Director Jack Conway’s silent romantic entanglement drama stars Joan Crawford in her last non-talkie, along with Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, Dorothy Sebastian and Anita Page. A silent film it may be, but it features a synchronized soundtrack and sound effects. […]

Aug, 24

The More the Merrier ***** (1943, Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 3072

George Stevens’s delightful 1943 classic wartime housing shortage romantic comedy The More the Merrier stars Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Oscar-winning Charles Coburn. Producer-director George Stevens’s delightful 1943 classic romantic comedy The More the Merrier […]

Nov, 20

Special Agent **½ (1935, Bette Davis, George Brent, Ricardo Cortez, Jack La Rue, Henry O’Neill) – Classic Movie Review 2746

Bette Davis and George Brent star in the brisk and capable 1935 crime drama film Special Agent, one of 13 movies they made together.  William Keighley directs this 1935 early Bette Davis star vehicle at […]

Jul, 28

Shattered Glass **** (2003, Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Steve Zahn) – Classic Movie Review 1899

Writer-director Billy Ray’s 2003 real-life media drama finds good work for Hayden Christensen, who acts like a male model in the Star Wars series, but here kicks up a storm as real-life rogue reporter Stephen […]

Nov, 28

Wild Wild West ** (1999, Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek) – Classic Movie Review 1777

Director Barry Sonnenfeld’s slack 1999 comedy is a carelessly handled and drossily scripted big-screen version of the 1965-69 TV series The Wild Wild West that gets by on the skills and charms of its stars, as […]

Oct, 24

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