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Posts Tagged "written and directed by cast member"

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Haunted Honeymoon ** (1986, Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise, Jonathan Pryce, Paul L Smith, Peter Vaughan, Bryan Pringle) – Classic Movie Review 6283

Co-writer/ director Gene Wilder and his late wife Gilda Radner bring a smidgeon of sparkle into this amiable but slack, creaky and lacklustre 1986 haunted house spoof comedy chiller. The problem, as so often, especially […]

Nov, 22

The Patsy ** (1964, Jerry Lewis, Everett Sloane, Peter Lorre, John Carradine, Phil Harris) – Classic Movie Review 5950

Jerry Lewis stars in the 1964 comedy The Patsy as a silly clodhopping bellboy called Stanley Belt, who is recruited to step into the shoes of a famous comic, who has died in an air […]

Aug, 21

Love Streams **** (1984, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott, Seymour Cassel) – Classic Movie Review 5753

John Cassavetes’s 1984 film Love Streams is his final solo feature and tells the agonising story of a troubled middle-aged brother (Cassavetes) and sister (Gena Rowlands), abandoned by their loved ones. Sarah Lawson (played by […]

Jul, 13

Le Battant [The Fighter] [Ice] *** (1983, Alain Delon, Anne Parillaud, Pierre Mondy, François Périer, Andréa Ferréol) – Classic Movie Review 5,556

Alain Delon gives an intense star turn as Jacques Darnay, convicted for stealing diamonds, released from jail, but pursued by Inspector Rouxel (Pierre Mondy) and the criminals, in the 1983 French crime thriller film Le […]

Jun, 05

Sadie Thompson **** (1928, Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Friderici) – Classic Movie Review 5341

Director Raoul Walsh’s 1928 silent stars Gloria Swanson, who gives her all as William Somerset Maugham’s provocative character Sadie Thompson, the shady lady who comes to Pago Pago and falls for and weds marine sergeant […]

Apr, 24

Love and Death **** (1975, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Harold Gould, Jessica Harper, James Tolkan) – Classic Movie Review 4961

There is a lot of fun to be had from writer-director Woody Allen’s polished, handsome-looking and fast-moving 1975 satirical comedy from the far-off happy days when he was spoofing art rather than trying to make […]

Jan, 29

Last Summer in the Hamptons **** (1995, Viveca Lindfors, Victoria Foyt, Holland Taylor, Martha Plimpton, Roddy McDowall, André Gregory, Nick Gregory, Diane Salinger, Krisoffer Tabori) – Classic Movie Review 4720

This delicious 1995 ensemble piece is one of co-writer/ director Henry Jaglom’s most successful outings, perfectly capturing the flavour of long but dying summer days and the character of theatrical folk. Viveca Lindfors is magnificent […]

Nov, 29

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