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Venus Peter *** (1989, Ray McAnally, David Hayman, Sinéad Cusack, Gordon R Strachan) – Classic Movie Review 12,024

Director Ian Sellar’s 1989 British drama film Venus Peter is set on a western isle of Scotland in the 1950s and stars Ray McAnally, David Hayman, Sinéad Cusack and Gordon R Strachan. Venus Peter is […]

Mar, 24

The Man with a Cloak *** (1951, Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Leslie Caron, Louis Calhern) – Classic Movie Review 11,390

Director Fletcher Markle’s 1951 MGM black and white Gothic noir thriller The Man with a Cloak is a sleekly made, very unusual and involving 19th-century Manhattan murder mystery propelled along with an excellent cast, including […]

Jul, 15

Press for Time ** (1966, Norman Wisdom, Derek Bond, Angela Browne, Derek Francis, Noel Dyson, Peter Jones, David Lodge) – Classic Movie Review 8652

As the punning title of the 1966 Rank Organisation slapstick comedy Press for Time suggests, Norman Wisdom plays a reporter on a local seaside newspaper at Tinmouth, where he has been hidden away by his grandfather, […]

Jun, 28

Every Sunday *** (1936, Judy Garland, Deanna Durbin, Jack Lindquist) – Classic Movie Review 7932

Director Felix E Feist’s 1936 movie history-making MGM short film Every Sunday features the first notable screen appearances of both upcoming teenage stars Judy Garland (aged 14) and Deanna Durbin (aged 15), who makes her […]

Dec, 22

Two Bits *** (1995, Al Pacino, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Jerry Barone) – Classic Movie Review 5860

‘You’re never too old to believe in a dream. Or too young to make one come true!’ Director James Foley’s and writer Joseph Stefano’s forgotten heart-warmer fits in between Foley’s Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) and Fear (1996). In the […]

Aug, 06

There Goes My Heart *** (1938, Fredric March, Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly, Nancy Carroll, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 5708

Director Norman Z McLeod’s entertaining 1938 romantic comedy stars the formidable team of Fredric March, Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly, Nancy Carroll and Eugene Pallette. March plays Bill Spencer, a single reporter who tries to expose […]

Jul, 03

The Bachelor ** (1999, Chris O’Donnell, Renée Zellweger, Artie Lange, Marley Shelton, Brooke Shields, Mariah Carey, Peter Ustinov, Hal Holbrook, James Cromwell, Edward Asner) – Classic Movie Review 4531

Chris O’Donnell takes the title role, as Jimmie Shannon, a commitment-phobic man who has to marry by the time he is 30 to claim his $100 million inheritance. Drably unfunny and listlessly acted, the story only […]

Oct, 24

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