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Revenge of the Pink Panther ** (1978, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon) – Classic Movie Review 8871

Director Blake Edwards’s 1978 comedy Revenge of the Pink Panther is only mildly amusing. Peter Sellers’s last hurrah as Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau has virtually no story and is really no more than just a […]

Aug, 27

Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys! ** (1958, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins, Jack Carson, Dwayne Hickman, Tuesday Weld, Gale Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 7307

Co-writer/ producer/ director Leo McCarey’s unruly 1958 comedy stars Paul Newman and his wife Joanne Woodward together as Harry and Grace Bannerman, a married couple threatened by their sexy young sexy neighbour Angela Hoffa (Joan Collins) […]

Jul, 18

Buster *** (1988, Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb) – Classic Movie Review 7039

Director David Green’s entertaining, sentimental 1988 real-life thriller biopic stars Phil Collins, who makes his star début as 1963 Great Train Robber, Buster Edwards, playing him as a London working-class lad who wants to make […]

May, 12

The Only Game in Town *** (1970, Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty, Charles Braswell) – Classic Movie Review 6953

‘Dice was his vice. Men hers.’ In his last film, distinguished director George Stevens abandoned epic statements for a small-scale story, based on Frank D Gilroy’s play, with a screenplay written by Frank D Gilroy. […]

Apr, 21

Someone’s Watching Me! **** (1978, Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau, Charles Cyphers, James Murtaugh) – Classic Movie Review 6009

Writer-director John Carpenter 1978 classic TV movie thriller is in the best Alfred Hitchcock vein. It is suspensefully directed with a highly attractive, gutsy performance from Lauren Hutton as Leigh Michaels, a TV news director […]

Sep, 09

Overboard **** (1987, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Roddy McDowall, Hector Elizondo) – Classic Movie Review 4057

At the risk of going overboard, director Garry Marshall’s sparkling 1987 comedy is one of Goldie Hawn’s funniest movies. The star lights up the screen with her comic charisma as an arrogant rich bitch who […]

Jul, 20

XX/XY ** (2002, Mark Ruffalo, Kathleen Robertson, Maya Stange, Petra Wright) – Classic Movie Review 3162

Writer-director Austin Chick’s 2002 romantic drama XX/XY stars Mark Ruffalo, whose character Coles becomes involved with college students Thea and Sam (Kathleen Robertson and Maya Stange) in a three-way relationship that spirals out of control. There […]

Dec, 17

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