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Galileo *** (1975, Topol, Edward Fox, Tom Conti, Colin Blakely, John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Patrick Magee, John McEnery) – Classic Movie Review 10,078

Topol is an unexpected choice as the 17th-century Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, but, in an intense, dignified star turn, he earns his inclusion in Joseph Losey’s 1975 historical biographical drama film Galileo.  Thanks to the […]

Jul, 23

Sebastian *** (1968, Dirk Bogarde, Susannah York, John Gielgud, Lilli Palmer, Nigel Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 8714

Director David Greene’s intriguing 1968 British film Sebastian [Mr Sebastian] stars Dirk Bogarde, who gives a polished, assured performance as the Oxford mathematician don of the title, along with Susannah York, who is lively and […]

Jul, 15

The Imitation Game **** (2014, Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode) – Movie Review

Debut screenwriter Graham Moore fashions an enjoyable, popular screenplay out of Andrew Hodges‘s book about legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, and director Morten Tyldum makes a crowd-pleasing, old-fashioned entertainment out of it. Turing joins the team of code-breakers at Britain’s […]

Oct, 10

21 Grams – Classic Film Review 716

Sean Penn plays a dying mathematician in dire need of a heart transplant, Naomi Watts is a mother mourning the death of her family, Benicio Del Del Toro is a born-again convict, out of jail […]

Jan, 18

Pi ***** (1998, Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman) – Classic Movie Review 202

‘Only God is perfect.’ There are not many true cinema originals – but writer-director Darren Aronofsky’s brilliantly weird 1998 mystical fantasy thriller is certainly one. This highly imaginative, head-banging film, with its startling black and […]

Aug, 30

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