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Marius ***** (1931, Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin, Orane Demazis, Alida Rouffé) – Classic Movie Review 6395
Marius is directed by the Hungarian film-maker Alexander Korda in 1931 during his stay in Paris before coming over to fly the flag for the British film industry as the founder of London Films and […]
With Six You Get Eggroll ** (1968, Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll, Barbara Hershey, George Carlin) – Classic Movie Review 6365
Director Howard Morris’s 1968 movie With Six You Get Eggroll has a lovely title for a genially amusing Doris Day comedy, in which she plays Abby McClure, a widow juggling a career as a lumberyard […]
High Time *** (1960, Bing Crosby, Fabian Forte, Tuesday Weld, Richard Beymer, Nicole Maurey) – Classic Movie Review 5959
Director Blake Edwards’s 1960 musical comedy stars the 57-year-old Bing Crosby as the rich American widower and hamburger restaurateur Harvey Howard who dresses up as Scarlett O’Hara to join in with the other students (these […]
Houseboat *** (1958, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harry Guardino, Murray Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 4543
Co-writer/ director Melville Shavelson’s popular 1958 romantic comedy Houseboat has the inestimable advantage of teaming wonderful Cary Grant and Sophia Loren, great friends in real life, in their glorious golden days. There were two Oscar […]
Gran Torino ****½ (2008, Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her) – Classic Movie Review 4322
For his first acting role since his 2004 four-Oscar-winning triumph Million Dollar Baby, director Clint Eastwood gives himself a perfectly tailor-made role in 2008 as Polish American Walt Kowalski, a newly widowed old guy in […]
Fathers and Daughters ** (2015, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Paul, Jane Fonda, Diane Kruger, Bruce Greenwood) – Movie Review
Director Gabriele Muccino’s heart-tugger is an old-fashioned women’s film, done with plenty of confidence and expertise but unfortunately not enough skill. With a good, expert cast, the talent’s all there, but there are gaping holes throughout the […]
The Intern *** (2015, Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo) – Movie Review
Robert De Niro plays 70-year-old retired widower Ben Whittaker. He’s a sweet, kind, thoughtful and indeed almost saintly individual. This gives De Niro quite a challenge. All the way through this spectacularly long comedy, I […]