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Surrender ** (1987, Sally Field, Michael Caine, Steve Guttenberg, Peter Boyle, Jackie Cooper, Julie Kavner, Louise Lasser and ImanClassic Movie Review 12,217

Writer-director Jerry Belson’s 1987 American comedy film Surrender stars Sally Field, Michael Caine, Steve Guttenberg, Peter Boyle, Julie Kavner, Louise Lasser, Iman and Jackie Cooper in his final film role. You may well feel like conceding under […]

Jul, 05

The Whole Wide World **** (1996, Vincent D’Onofrio, Renée Zellweger, Ann Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell) – Classic Movie Review 10,795

Director Dan Ireland’s 1996 biographical film The Whole Wide World is an intriguing and excellently done real-life 1930s Texas-set drama exploring the relationship between pulp-fiction author Robert E Howard (Vincent D’Onofrio), creator of the comic-strip […]

Jan, 16

The Courtship of Eddie’s Father * (1963, Glenn Ford, Ronny Howard, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens, Dina Merrill, Roberta Sherwood, Jerry Van Dyke) – Classic Movie Review 6,515

The ideally cast 1963 comedy film The Courtship of Eddie’s Father stars Glenn Ford and Ron Howard. How could Glenn Ford even think of giving up sexy Stella Stevens? To be fair, Shirley Jones certainly […]

Jan, 03

The Shooting Party **** (1985, James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud, Gordon Jackson, Cheryl Campbell, Robert Hardy, Frank Windsor, Rupert Frazer, Judi Bowker) – Classic Movie Review 6278

Edwardian barrister Lionel Stephens (Rupert Frazer) engages with renowned sportsman Lord Gilbert Hartlip (Edward Fox) in an escalating contest over who can shoot the most game in director Alan Bridges’s rich and rewarding 1985 British […]

Nov, 21

The Silver Horde *** (1930, Evelyn Brent, Louis Wolheim, Joel McCrea, Raymond Hatton, Jean Arthur, Gavin Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 5538

So the advertising is a major help here. What we have in director George Archainbaud’s creaky but enjoyable 1930 romantic adventure movie is ‘Rex Beach’s Sledge-Fisted Romance of the Great Alaskan Salmon Run.’ Wallace Smith adapts the […]

Jun, 03

The Young Victoria **** (2009, Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Julian Glover, Miranda Richardson, Mark Strong, Harriet Walter) – Classic Movie Review 3295

Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend are perfect as the young Queen Victoria and her prince consort Albert in this silver-spoon, velvet-plush, beautifully staged version of the little known story of the iron lady’s struggle for […]

Jan, 27

Nixon *** (1995, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Joan Allen, Powers Booth, Ed Harris, E G Marshall, David Paymer, Paul Sorvino, Mary Steenburgen, J T Walsh, James Woods) – Classic Movie Review 1216

Co-writer/director Oliver Stone tackles the tarnished President Richard Nixon in his fascinating but flawed 1995 biopic and real-life drama. In an idiosyncratic portrait, Nixon is shown as a foul-mouthed, emotionally crippled drunkard. Anthony Hopkins, a […]

May, 15

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