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A Man, a Woman and a Bank *** (1979, Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Paul Mazursky) – Classic Movie Review 9535

Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams star as amateur crooks Reese Halperin (Sutherland) and Stacey Bishop (Adams), who find a computerised way to rob a Vancouver bank, in director Noel Black’s generally amusing, often tense Seventies […]

Mar, 20

Shakedown **** (1950, Howard Duff, Peggy Dow, Brian Donlevy, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett, Anne Vernon) – Classic Movie Review 9479

Director Joseph [Joe] Pevney’s 1950 Universal International Pictures black and white B-movie crime thriller Shakedown is a little gem of a movie in the best film noir crime drama tradition. Howard Duff plays unscrupulous Jack […]

Mar, 08

The Girl in the Picture *** (1985, John Gordon Sinclair, Irina Brook, Gregor Fisher) – Classic Movie Review 9338

Writer-director Cary Parker’s sweet, appealing and amusing though essentially lightweight 1985 British romantic comedy The Girl in the Picture stars John Gordon Sinclair (from Gregory’s Girl) as a Glasgow photographer called Alan, who tries to […]

Feb, 02

Elvis on Tour *** (1972, Elvis Presley) – Classic Movie Review 9304

Elvis Presley’s last film Elvis on Tour (1972) is ‘a close-up of the birth and life of an American phenomenon’, according to producer-directors Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel (who also made Mad Dogs and Englishmen). […]

Jan, 26

Where the Heart Is ** (1990, Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman, Joanna Cassidy, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover) – Classic Movie Review 9271

Producer-director John Boorman’s 1990 comedy drama Where the Heart Is is a modern comedic New York version of King Lear, with Dabney Coleman as Stewart McBain, an arrogant builder real-estate mogul who kicks out his […]

Jan, 16

Smashing Time ** (1967, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York, Ian Carmichael, Anna Quayle, Irene Handl) – Classic Movie Review 8837

Director Desmond Davis’s 1967 slapstick British colour musical comedy film Smashing Time takes us back to 1967 when London’s Carnaby Street was the height of fashion. Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave star as plain Brenda and flamboyant Yvonne, […]

Aug, 17

Pretty Baby ** (1978, Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye, Antonio Fargas, Gerrit Graham, Mae Mercer, Diana Scarwid, Barbara Steele) – Classic Movie Review 8632

Louis Malle’s highly disturbing and controversial American debut with the 1978 Pretty Baby caused quite a few shock waves with its World War One story set in 1917 about a 12-year-old girl Violet (Brooke Shields), […]

Jun, 23

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