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A Majority of One * (1961, Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Ray Danton) – Classic Movie Review 11,224

‘Most honorable screen smash!’ ‘That joyful hit of the stage is the big, bright delight of the screen.’ ‘It’s even funnier than the play!’ ‘The heart-warmingest picture under the rising sun! The happiest pairing of […]

May, 20

It Happened in Brooklyn *** (1947, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford, Gloria Grahame) – Classic Movie Review 11,098

‘IT ALL TAKES PLACE IN THAT FASCINATING WONDERLAND OF THE FAR EAST… BROOKLYN! ‘ Director Richard Whorf’s slight but amiable 1947 black and white MGM musical It Happened in Brooklyn stars the near-irresistible line-up of […]

Apr, 14

The Lords of Flatbush **** (1974, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Perry King) – Classic Movie Review 10,726

Writers-directors Stephen F Verona and Martin Davidson’s 1974  comedy drama The Lords of Flatbush stars Perry King, Henry Winkler and Sylvester Stallone, as ‘Chico’ Tyrell, Butchey Weinstein and Stanley Rosiello. Young, gifted and unknown Stallone, […]

Dec, 30

Last Exit to Brooklyn **** (1989, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Lang, Burt Young) – Classic Movie Review 9409

It has been left to the Germans to make a film version of Hubert Selby Jr’s harrowing, controversial novel Last Exit to Brooklyn, banned following a private prosecution in July 1966, after its publication in […]

Feb, 22

Marriage Story ***** (2019, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Julia Greer, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta) – Movie Review

Writer-director Noah Baumbach’s semi-autobiographical Marriage Story (2019) should be called Divorce Story. It is the portrait of a marriage breaking up, broken up, and a once-loving couple trying to pick up the pieces. Adam Driver, […]

Feb, 08

Out for Justice ** (1991, Steven Seagal, William Forsythe, Jerry Orbach) – Classic Movie Review 8857

Director John Flynn’s 1991 adventure Out for Justice stars action-man Steven Seagal in typical role as a cop, Brooklyn Detective Gino Felino, hell-bent on avenging his partner’s murder at the hands of a Mafia enforcer’s brutal […]

Aug, 23

Mannequin *** (1937, Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan, Mary Philips) – Classic Movie Review 6798

Director Frank Borzage’s 1937 drama Mannequin is the only pairing of Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy, which is a great shame because they are so good together. Crawford is comfortably cast in her tailor-made regular […]

Mar, 13

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