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Man on the Flying Trapeze ***** (1935, W C Fields, Mary Brian, Kathleen Howard) – Classic Movie Review 9782

Director Clyde Bruckman’s 1935 comedy Man on the Flying Trapeze [The Memory Expert] is a hilariously funny W C Fields film from his best period, in which he stars as Ambrose Wolfinger, who rails against […]

May, 17

The Lady and the Bandit ** (1951, Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, Suzanne Dalbert, Tom Tully, Alan Mowbray, John Williams) – Classic Movie Review 9378

Director Ralph Murphy’s 1951 black and white adventure The Lady and the Bandit [Dick Turpin’s Ride] stars Louis Hayward, who is reasonably well cast as highwayman Dick Turpin, in this jolly, if not brilliant, American-made, […]

Feb, 13

I Married a Woman ** (1958, George Gobel, Diana Dors, Adolphe Menjou) Classic Movie Review 8483

‘What happens to the MOUSE when the CHEESECAKE bites back?’ British sex symbol Diana Dors’s performance in Yield to the Night (1956) attracted interest in Hollywood and in May 1956 she signed a contract with […]

May, 19

Madame X ** (1965, Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban, Constance Bennett, Burgess Meredith, Keir Dullea) – Classic Movie Review 6817

Lana Turner stars in the seventh film version of the old theatrical chestnut based on the ancient Alexandre Bisson play about Holly Parker, a wealthy woman on trial for murder who is defended by an […]

Mar, 18

Suite Française *** (2014, Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, Matthias Schoenaerts) – Movie Review

Montana-born Michelle Williams stars as Lucille Angellier, a young, attractive French villager who is living trapped in a stifled existence with her unpleasant and controlling mother-in-law Madame Angellier (Kristin Scott Thomas) while they await news […]

Mar, 11

Monster-in-Law **½ (2005, Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Elaine Stritch, Adam Scott) – Classic Movie Review 2046

After a gap of 15 years (since 1990’s Stanley & Iris), the 67-year-old movie legend Jane Fonda returns to the screen in 2005 in a monster part as the prospective mother-in-law from hell who takes […]

Jan, 04

A Kind of Loving **** (1962, Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird) – Classic Movie Review 1482

‘You know, it’s a funny feeling. Sometimes I really fancy her, and the next day I can hardly stand the sight of her.’ – Vic Brown (Alan Bates). Director John Schlesinger’s gifted 1962 film A […]

Jul, 27

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