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The In-Laws *** (2003, Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 1321

Talented players Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks spark director Andrew Fleming’s fun, offbeat 2003 comedy remake of the cult 1979 Peter Falk-Alan Arkin movie. It’s slickly made by Fleming, with scenes shot on location in Chicago. […]

Jun, 13

The Prowler **** (1951, Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes) – Classic Movie Review 1311

Director Joseph Losey delivers a tense, grippingly performed, dark-toned thriller with plenty of seedy film noir atmosphere and an effective mood of desperation and despair. He has a very solid basis to rely on with […]

Jun, 09

Yentl **** (1983, Barbra Streisand, Amy Irving, Mandy Patinkin) – Classic Movie Review 1234

Director Barbra Streisand’s 1983 version of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story Yentl the Yeshiva Boy, a tale about a Jewess in Poland who cross-dresses to receive a boy’s schooling, is an exceptional labour of love […]

May, 20

The Philadelphia Story ***** (1940, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart) – Classic Film Review 1,228

Director George Cukor’s 1940 ultra-smart romantic comedy film The Philadelphia Story is one of Hollywood’s most glorious, with three of its all-time great stars at their most effortless, alluring, dazzling best. The movie represents the […]

May, 17

Serendipity *** (2001, John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Bridget Moynahan, John Corbett, Eugene Levy, Molly Shannon, Jeremy Piven) – Classic Movie Review 1143

Director Peter Chelsom’s likeable 2001 film stars John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, who play Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas. During the Christmas shopping season in New York City, they meet by chance while trying to buy the […]

Apr, 23

Very Bad Things *** (1998, Christian Slater, Jon Favreau, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Leland Orser) – Classic Movie Review 979

Writer-director Peter Berg’s 1998 black farce crime thriller is an intriguing mixed bag of grisly dark-toned fun. It can boast some Very Good Things (the star performances) as well as some Very Bad Things (the […]

Mar, 24

The Hangover **** (2009, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha) – Classic Movie Review 978

For fans of stop-at-nothing, after-the-pub laddish comedy, there are loads and loads of big, dirty and hilarious laughs all the way through Todd Phillips’s in-your-face 2009 comedy film The Hangover. Not sure quite what to […]

Mar, 24

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