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The Company of Wolves **** (1984, Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden, Brian Glover, Stephen Rea) – Classic Movie Review 3358)

Based on Angela Carter’s short stories, co-writer/director Neil Jordan’s 1984 British Gothic fantasy horror film is an alluring, visionary Freudian fairy tale for grown-ups. Spooky, sexy, gorgeous and unique, this is a marvellous, special film. […]

Feb, 14

Ladies in Lavender **** (2002, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Brühl, Natascha McElhone, Miriam Margolyes, David Warner, Toby Jones, Geoffrey Bayldon, Freddie Jones) – Classic Movie Review 2978

Judi Dench and Maggie Smith light up the screen as Thirties Cornish sisters, Ursula and Janet, who take in a foreign lad (Spanish-German star Daniel Brühl) they find washed up on the nearby beach. As […]

Oct, 11

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment ***** (1966, David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Stephens) – Classic Movie Review 2911

Director Karel Reisz’s modishly trendy razzle-dazzle 1966 comedy Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment is another pillar of the Swinging Sixties British New Wave cinema. It’s a lovely, funny, appealing film with irrepressible zest and […]

Sep, 14

Scream 2 **** (1997, Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O’Connell, Jada Pinkett, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 2830

Two years after the slasher maniac went on a killing spree in the American suburban town called Woodsboro, the survivors of Scream (1996) are back for a second bout of expert terror, as cash-in film-makers […]

Aug, 18

Work is a Four-Letter Word * (1968, David Warner, Cilla Black, Elizabeth Spriggs, Zia Mohyeddin, Alan Howard, David Waller) – Classic Movie Review 2783

Henry Livings’s award-winning absurdist play Eh? about giant magic mushrooms gets a livelier title and the then Sixties pop princess Cilla Black, plus a classy star in David Warner, posh theatre director in Peter Hall and […]

Aug, 05

Time Bandits ***** (1981, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, David Warner, Craig Warnock, Peter Vaughan) – Classic Movie Review 2470

Co-writer, producer, director Terry Gilliam’s outstanding, quite magical 1981 British time-travel fantasy movie about dwarves taking a little boy with them on adventures through time is dark, weird and wonderful. With the young boy Kevin […]

May, 11

Tron **** (1982, Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner) – Classic Movie Review 2369

Co-producer/writer/director Steven Lisberger’s attractive and appealing 1982 surreal electronic-age Sci-Fi adventure from an unexpected Walt Disney Studios is smart, stylish, exciting and visually thrilling. It received nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Sound at the 55th Academy Awards and received […]

Apr, 08

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