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The Winter Guest **** (1997, Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, Sheila Reid) – Classic Movie Review 2396

Alan Rickman’s highly impressive and moving debut as director stars real-life mother and daughter Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson as a screen mother and daughter. It won three awards at the Venice Film Festival. including Best Actress for Thompson. […]

Apr, 16

Starman ****½ (1984, Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel) – Classic Movie Review 2043

Director John Carpenter delivers a stupendous, electrifying 1984 adult sci-fi fairy tale that’s tense, touching and thrilling throughout. Bruce A Evans, Raynold Gideon and Dean Reisner’s screenplay follows the story of the titular alien Starman, […]

Jan, 03

The Face of Love ***½ (2014, Annette Bening, Ed Harris, Robin Williams) – Movie Review

Annette Bening is happily married to her perfect partner in Ed Harris, who promptly dies. A couple of years later she meets and falls for an artist/ teacher (also played by Ed Harris), a man who […]

Dec, 11

Up at the Villa *** (2000, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft) – Classic Movie Review 1709

Director Philip Haas’s beautiful-looking but shaky 2000 romantic drama stars Kristin Scott Thomas and Sean Penn. Scott Thomas plays Mary Panton, a holidaying English widow who faces a series of dramas and choices in 1938 Florence, […]

Sep, 24

The Mother **** (2003, Anne Reid, Daniel Craig, Peter Vaughan) – Classic Movie Review 1422

Director Roger Michell’s 2003 drama is a challenging, taboo-breaking eye-opener, with a provocative, poignant screenplay by Hanif Kureishi and marvellous, bold performances by Anne Reid and Daniel Craig. The husband (Peter Vaughan) of an English woman (Reid) […]

Jul, 13

Duck Soup ***** (1933, Marx Brothers) – Classic Movie Review 1405

‘I could dance with you ‘til the cows come home. On second thought, I’d rather dance with the cows ‘til you came home.’ Director Leo McCarey’s glorious vintage 1933 comedy delivers firecracker lunacy from the […]

Jul, 08

Key Largo ***** (1948, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G Robinson) – Classic Movie Review 1345

Co-writer/director John Huston’s deliciously atmospheric, cynical and world-weary 1948 film noir thriller is the fourth and final film pairing of married actors Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, after To Have and Have Not (1944), The […]

Jun, 21

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