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Tap *** (1989, Gregory Hines, Suzzanne Douglas, Sammy Davis Jr) – Classic Movie Review 10,710

‘Sometimes, no matter what, you can’t escape the rhythm.’ Writer-director Nick Castle’s 1989 musical drama Tap stars Gregory Hines as footloose Max Washington, just released from prison, who can’t decide between a life of crime […]

Dec, 27

Full Moon High *** (1981, Adam Arkin, Roz Kelly, Ed McMahon) – Classic Movie Review 9469

Writer-producer-director Larry Cohen’s goofy, lively and engaging 1981 horror spoof Full Moon High has a similar plot to the later Teen Wolf (1985) in its story about a school kid (Adam Arkin) who turns into […]

Mar, 06

The Dead Don’t Die *** (2019, Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tom Waits, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover) – Movie Review

Writer-director Jim Jarmusch’s cool zombie comedy The Dead Don’t Die (2019) is consistently amusing throughout, with a whole lot of laughs and chortles. It is the knowing comedy of irrelevance, sarcasm, throwaway lines, absurdities and […]

Jul, 14

Minnie and Moskowitz **** (1971, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery) – Classic Movie Review 8534

Minnie and Moskowitz is a surprisingly relaxed and gentle 1971 romantic drama film from cult favourite writer-director John Cassavetes. It once again stars his wife Gena Rowlands, who plays Minnie, a Los Angeles museum curator, […]

Jun, 01

Thunder Road **** (2018, Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, Nican Robinson) – Movie Review

Writer-director Jim Cummings also stars brilliantly in the clever, charming and heartfelt Thunder Road (2018) as police officer Jim Arnaud, who goes into a personal meltdown after his divorce and the death of his mother, leading to […]

Oct, 14

Climax * (2018, Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile) – Movie Review

Brio film-making but way too strong and scary for me. Writer-director Gaspar Noé’s dynamic but hellish 2018 musical horror drama Climax is controversial brio film-making, perhaps admirable in its way, but way too strong and […]

Sep, 22

The Fighting Kentuckian *** (1949, John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 7174

John Wayne plays Kentucky frontiersman militiaman John Breen and is again paired with his studio boss’s wife Vera Ralston as the upper-crust French woman Fleurette De Marchand he falls for, in writer-director George Waggner’s so-so, middling […]

Jun, 15

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