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Paradise Alley *** (1978, Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito, Armand Assante, Kevin Conway, Anne Archer, Joe Spinell, Tom Waits) – Classic Movie Review 10,646

The 1978 drama Paradise Alley in a naïve but agreeable yarn, written and directed by Sylvester Stallone with energy in his feature film directorial debut, about three Italian-American brothers in the 1940s who try to […]

Dec, 10

Super Mario Bros ** (1993, Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Samantha Mathis, Fiona Shaw, Fisher Stevens, Richard Edson) – Classic Movie Review 10,019

Directors Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel’s 1993 family adventure comedy Super Mario Bros is an ingenious but often dull film of the Nintendo video game, with Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as Mario Mario and […]

Jul, 09

China Girl *** (1987, James Russo, Richard Panebianco, Sari Chang, David Caruso, Russell Wong) – Classic Movie Review 7894

Director Abel Ferrara’s 1987 romantic crime drama China Girl stars Richard Panebianco and Sari Chang as a pizza boy from a Mafia family and a girl from a Chinese street gang, who fall in love, […]

Dec, 07

Things Change **** (1988, Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, J J Johnston, Ricky Jay) – Classic Movie Review 7831

Director David Mamet’s 1988 crime comedy drama Things Change is his intelligent and literate follow-up to his 1987 debut as director, House of Games. It is written by Mamet and Shel Silverstein. It is a strangely old-fashioned gangster […]

Nov, 25

The Rose Tattoo **** (1955, Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan) – Classic Movie Review 7,544

The triple Oscar-winning 1955 film The Rose Tattoo stars a triumphant Anna Magnani, who acts her socks off as the Italian-extracted peasant widow Serafina Delle Rose, in this attractive screen version of Tennessee Williams’s 1951 […]

Sep, 05

Somebody Up There Likes Me **** (1956, Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart) – Classic Movie Review 6893

Director Robert Wise’s 1956 biopic drama is the double-Oscar-winning Fifties fight movie classic that turned the 31-year-old Paul Newman into a star. It is one of the great boxing movies. Audiences certainly liked Newman up […]

Apr, 07

Love with the Proper Stranger *** (1964, Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen, Edie Adams) – Classic Movie Review 4065

Director Robert Mulligan’s 1964 romantic comedy drama pairs Natalie Wood with Steve McQueen in their glorious prime. Wood earned her third and final Oscar nomination, one of five nominations, including Best Original Story and Screenplay (Arnold […]

Jul, 22

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