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The Beverly Hillbillies * (1993, Jim Varney, Dabney Coleman, Lily Tomlin, Diedrich Bader, Cloris Leachman, Rob Schneider, Erika Eleniak, Lea Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 6649

Director Penelope Spheeris’s 1993 television sitcom spinoff of the much-loved nine-season The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971) is amiable and harmless, and it certainly tries hard. But alas it is not much of a success thanks to […]

Feb, 04

Rules Don’t Apply **** (2016, Warren Beatty, Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich) – Movie Review

Warren Beatty’s polished and thoroughly entertaining Hollywood romantic biographical drama stars Lily Collins and Alden Ehrenreich as a strict Christian aspiring young actress and her earnest, ambitious young driver, both trying to work round the […]

Apr, 21

Why Him? *** (2016, James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Megan Mullally, Zoey Deutch) – Movie Review

Middle-aged couple Bryan Cranston and Megan Mullally are invited by their 22-year-old daughter (Zoey Deutch) to spend the holidays getting too know her new, older Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend (James Franco) at his modernist mansion. […]

Jan, 02

Iron Man ***** (2008, Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 3600

Robert Downey Jr is sensationally good as Iron Man in director Jon Favreau’s brilliant 2008 Marvel Comics superhero film – the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway’s […]

Apr, 22

Let’s Make Love *** (1960, Yves Montand, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Randall, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Frankie Vaughan) – Classic Movie Review 2655

Director George Cukor’s 1960 movie is a lightweight, rather bumpy showbiz comedy-romance. But it does raise some sparks and laughs with a sparkling, appealing star team in Yves Montand and Marilyn Monroe plus welcome support performers […]

Jun, 28

Heartbreakers *** (2001, Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman) – Classic Movie Review 1716

Director David Mirkin’s 2001 movie stars Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt as Max and Page Conners, a mother and daughter who pair up as con team to swindle rich bachelors out of their fortunes, using […]

Sep, 28

The Golden Bowl **** (Nick Nolte, Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale) – Classic Film Review 1217

Nick Nolte is brilliant in producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory’s splendid, intense, beautifully realised 2000 film version of the classic novel by Henry James. What tangled webs we weave! A poverty-stricken Italian, Prince […]

May, 15

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