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House *** (1985, William Katt, Kay Lenz, George Wendt, Richard Moll) – Classic Movie Review 8141

Perry Mason’s William Katt and George Cheers’s Wendt join forces for director Steve Miner’s daft yet popular 1985 haunted mansion horror-thriller House, with a high tally of foolish laughs and fairground ride-style scares. Katt plays […]

Feb, 17

The Revolt of Mamie Stover *** (1956, Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 7927

Director Raoul Walsh’s 1956 CinemaScope and Deluxe Color drama The Revolt of Mamie Stover is based on the novel by William Bradford Huie and stars Jane Russell as the titular Mamie Stover, a busty young […]

Dec, 20

They All Kissed the Bride *** (1942, Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Allen Jenkins, Andrew Tombes, Helen Parrish, Mary Treen) – Classic Movie Review 7804

Director Alexander Hall’s 1942 screwball comedy They All Kissed the Bride provides a typical powerful career woman role for Joan Crawford as Margaret Drew, who inherits her father’s trucking firm – and the only kind of […]

Nov, 18

The Monster Club * (1981, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Donald Pleasence, Anthony Steel, Richard Johnson, Britt Ekland) – Classic Movie Review 7,724

Roy Ward Baker’s 1981 British portmanteau horror movie The Monster Club at least has the enormous distinction of starring Vincent Price, John Carradine and Donald Pleasence.  Director Roy Ward Baker’s 1981 British portmanteau horror movie The […]

Oct, 30

The World According to Garp **** (1982, Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow) – Classic Movie Review 7658

Director George Roy Hill’s 1982 comedy drama The World According to Garp brings John Irving’s novel to the screen with its clever quirkiness and humour intact thanks to writer Steve Tesich’s intelligent adaptation and director […]

Oct, 10

The Wife **** (2018, Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Elizabeth McGovern, Max Irons) – Movie Review

Swedish director Björn Runge’s 2018 The Wife is a hugely engaging and engrossing drama as Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) the wife of the title questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her writer […]

Sep, 25

When Ladies Meet **** (1933, Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Alice Brady, Frank Morgan) – Classic Movie Review 7505

Director Harry Beaumont’s crackling 1933 MGM classic romantic comedy drama When Ladies Meet is the first of two film versions of Rachel Crothers’s sophisticated 1932 play, smartly shot in black and white by Ray June […]

Aug, 27

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