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The Tall Guy **** (1989, Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson) – Classic Movie Review 3583
Comedian Mel Smith makes his début as director on this naughty but nice 1989 British romantic comedy starring Jeff Goldblum as the tall guy, Dexter King, an American actor trying his luck over in the […]
Brideshead Revisited *** (2008, Ben Whishaw, Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Hayley Atwell, Joseph Beattie, Felicity Jones, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon) – Classic Movie Review 2941
Director Julian Jarrold’s conscientious, sumptuous and costly ($20 million) remake for the cinema of Brideshead Revisited in 2008 of the much loved 1981 classic of British TV drama Brideshead Revisited is an effective adaptation of […]
A Walk in the Woods *** (2015, Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson, Mary Steenburgen, Nick Offerman, Kristen Schaal) – Movie Review
Robert Redford stars as celebrated travel writer Bill Bryson, who returns from the UK to America, where he decides to leave his wife (Emma Thompson) for a bit and connect with his homeland by hiking the Appalachian […]
The Legend of Barney Thomson ** (2015, Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Martin Compston, Tom Courtenay, Ashley Jensen, James Cosmo) – Movie Review
In his directing debut, Robert Carlyle is struggling both as actor and director as Barney Thomson, a boring Glasgow barber who reluctantly finds he becomes a serial killer. Carlyle’s odd mix of kindly and terrifying gets a thorough […]
The Winter Guest **** (1997, Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, Sheila Reid) – Classic Movie Review 2396
Alan Rickman’s highly impressive and moving debut as director stars real-life mother and daughter Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson as a screen mother and daughter. It won three awards at the Venice Film Festival. including Best Actress for Thompson. […]
Henry V **** (1989, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Emma Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 2092
Director Kenneth Branagh’s gritty 1989 film version of the play by William Shakespeare is a labour of love and a tour de force. Branagh, in his directorial debut, received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and […]
Men, Women & Children *** (Kaitlyn Dever, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ansel Elgort, Jennifer Garner, Adam Sandler) – Movie Review
Talented director Jason (Juno) Reitman’s comedy drama adapts Chad Kultgen’s novel and takes a smart and satirical aim at the lack of real human communication in the digital age. Fair enough, but it’s an easy target and there […]