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Sugarbaby [Zuckerbaby] *** (1985, Marianne Sägebrecht, Eisi Gulp, Toni Berger, Manuela Denz, Will Spindler) – Classic Movie Review 11,854

Marianne Sägebrecht and Eisi Gulp star in writer-director Percy Adlon’s delightfully quirky and richly enjoyable 1985 German comedy film Zuckerbaby (English title Sugarbaby). It is exuberant, sad and colourful, and attractively played by its two […]

Jan, 17

The Unsinkable Molly Brown *** (1964, Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley, Jack Kruschen, Hermione Baddeley, Martita Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 10,467

‘Can a girl find happiness with $20,000,000? YOU BET!’ Director Charles Walters’s 1964 Broadway show transfer The Unsinkable Molly Brown boasts Debbie Reynolds full of beans as the real-life mining-camp tomboy Molly Brown, who climbs […]

Oct, 27

Deep Crimson [Profundo carmesí] *** (1996, Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Marisa Paredes, Rosa Furman, Sherlyn González) – Classic Movie Review 9983

Beware director Arturo Ripstein’s fascinating, dark and gruesome 1996 black comedy thriller Deep Crimson [Profundo carmesí] about the balding gigolo Nicolas Estrella (Daniel Giménez Cacho) and the overweight nurse Coral Fabre (opera singer Regina Orozco) […]

Jun, 30

Foxes *** (1980, Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid, Cherie Currie, Marilyn Kagan, Kandice Stroh, Adam Faith) – Classic Movie Review 8245

Director Adrian Lyne’s 1980 drama Foxes stars Jodie Foster as Jeanie, a teenager from a broken home who plays mother to three other young girls sharing a Los Angeles flat in the San Fernando Valley. […]

Mar, 14

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood ** (2004, Martin Short, Jan Hooks, Linda Cardellini) – Classic Movie Review 3795

Martin Short stars as obese TV host and culture critic Jiminy Glick, who gets tied up in a murder case at the Toronto Film Festival, in director Vadim Jean’s relatively amusing Canadian comedy, a soft parody of the […]

Jun, 03

Heavy **** (1995, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters, Liv Tyler, Deborah Harry) – Classic Movie Review 1860

Despite its title, debut writer-director James Mangold’s 1995 romantic drama film is a delicate and affecting character study of misfits gathering at an inn in upstate New York. Liv Tyler stars as Callie, a beautiful but kind […]

Nov, 20

The Nutty Professor ** (1996, Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 1776

Co-writer/director Tom Shadyac’s 1996 reboot of the 1963 hit focuses on Eddie Murphy’s tour-de-force acting in several roles that brought him his long-awaited comeback after a series of flops. This remake of the old Jerry […]

Oct, 24

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