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Practical Magic *** (1998, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Aidan Quinn, Goran Visnjic) – Classic Movie Review 12,011

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman star as very different witch sisters, in the fantasy comedy film Practical Magic (1998). Director Griffin Dunne’s 1998 fantasy comedy film Practical Magic is based on the 1995 novel by […]

Mar, 15

Blackbeard’s Ghost ** (1968, Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette) – Classic Movie Review 10,170

Peter Ustinov’s engagingly vigorous portrayal as Captain Blackbeard is the main attraction of Walt Disney’s otherwise uninspired comedy fantasy, director Robert Stevenson’s 1968 Blackbeard’s Ghost. Ben Stahl’s story about the bumbling ghost of Blackbeard the […]

Aug, 12

The Return of Count Yorga *** (1971, Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley, Roger Perry) – Classic Movie Review 9357

Director Bob Kelljan’s 1971 horror movie The Return of Count Yorga brings Robert Quarry back as the stylish modern-day vampire in this improved follow-up to the 1970 Count Yorga, Vampire, in which he grabs his […]

Feb, 07

Pufnstuf *** (1970, Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye, Cass Elliot) – Classic Movie Review 8664

Director Hollingsworth Morse’s 1970 family comedy adventure Pufnstuf is an adaptation for the big screen of the children’s TV series H R Pufnstuf (17 episodes, 1969-1970), which will fill many a baby boomer with nostalgia […]

Jul, 01

Operazione Paura [Kill, Baby… Kill!] **** (1966, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Erika Blanc, Fabienne Dali) – Classic Movie Review 7823

Director Mario Bava’s creepy, atmospheric and outstanding 1966 Italian Gothic horror film Operazione Paura [Kill, Baby… Kill!] stars Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Erika Blanc and Fabienne Dali. Based on a story co-written by Bava, Romano Migliorini, and Roberto […]

Nov, 23

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald ** (2018, Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Ezra Miller) – Movie Review

The second installment of J K Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts series set in the Wizarding World again stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander. Redmayne’s shambling, mumbling performance is dull, but not as dull as the movie, which […]

Nov, 17

Howl’s Moving Castle [Hauru no ugoku shiro] ***** (2004, voices of Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin) – Classic Movie Review 7423

Writer-director Hayao Miyazaki’s dazzlingly brilliant Japanese anime love story animation Howl’s Moving Castle [Hauru no ugoku shiro] is based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones ((credited as Daiana Win Jônzu). It is a Studio Ghibli […]

Aug, 10

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