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The Human Comedy **** (1943, Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig) – Classic Movie Review 11,029

William Saroyan wrote a 240-page, four-hour script for the 1943 film The Human Comedy, which MGM deemed too long. He refused to compromise and was dumped as director. He turned his script into a bestselling […]

Mar, 17

The Shaggy D A ** (1976, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Tim Conway, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 8470

Director Robert Stevenson’s 1976 The Shaggy D A is Walt Disney’s belated sequel to the 1959 hit The Shaggy Dog, with Dean Jones in Tommy Kirk’s old part as the barking mad attorney who transforms […]

May, 15

Troll * (1986, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Sonny Bono, June Lockhart, Noah Hathaway) – Classic Movie Review 7474

Director John Carl Buechler’s 1986 horror film Troll is fondly remembered but it is unconvincing and ridiculous throughout. It is bad, but unfortunately it is not quite in the so-bad-it’s good category. It is just […]

Aug, 20

What’s the Worst That Could Happen? * (2001, Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo, Glenne Headly, Carmen Eiogo, Bernie Mac) – Classic Movie Review 5576

What’s the Worst That Could Happen? This is! Martin Lawrence stars in director Sam Weisman’s 2002 crime comedy thriller as a burglar who vows revenge on the billionaire (Danny DeVito) who shopped him to the […]

Jun, 10

Chained *** (1934, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Otto Kruger, Stuart Erwin, Una O’Connor, Akim Tamiroff Marjorie Gateson, Lee Phelps, Ward Bond) – 4949

Sexy superstars Joan Crawford and Clark Gable reunite to sizzle under director Clarence Brown’s delicate touch in this 1934 story of Diane Lovering (Crawford)’s love for rich Argentinean rancher Mike Bradley (Gable). Her love affair is […]

Jan, 27

Black Sabbath [I Tre Volti della Paura] ***½ (1963, Boris Karloff, Jacqueline Pierreux, Michèle Mercier, Mark Damon) – Classic Movie Review 4552

Co-writer/ director Mario Bava, the Italian chiller maestro, turns in an atmospheric, effective, visually splendid 1963 Italian horror anthology compendium movie of three Gothic tales. It is introduced by Boris Karloff, who also stars in […]

Oct, 28

Closing the Ring **** (2007, Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Martin McCann, Dylan Roberts, Neve Campbell, Pete Postlethwaite) – Classic Movie Review 4318

The 83-year-old producer-director Richard Attenborough’s heartfelt, old-style 2007 romantic drama Closing the Ring is a delight, and it is a superb showcase for movie treasures Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer, who grab their showy acting […]

Sep, 08

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