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The Finishing Touch *** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Dorothy Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 7409

‘The story of two boys who went to school for nine years – and finished in the first reader.’ Director Clyde A Bruckman’s and producer Hal Roach’s 1928 black and white 20-minute two-reeler short comedy silent […]

Aug, 06

Picnic at Hanging Rock **** (1975, Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Jacki Weaver) – Classic Movie Review 7097

‘On St Valentine’s Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock. Some were never to return.’ Miranda: ‘What we see and what we seem are but a dream, a […]

May, 26

The Monolith Monsters *** (1957, Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne) – Classic Movie Review 5199

Ah yes, ‘Mammoth skyscrapers of stone thundering across the Earth!’ Director John Sherwood’s 1957 movie is an atmospheric, effective enough sci-fi film, in which the residents of a California desert town start dying after scientist […]

Mar, 25

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet ** (1965, Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, John Bix) – Classic Movie Review 4858

In what Alex Cox called ‘an act of cinematic cannibalism’, producer Roger Corman’s 1965 sci-fi movie is one of two he adapted from the 1962 Soviet film Planeta Bur (Planet of the Storms), scripted by Aleksandr Kazantsev […]

Jan, 08

Fathers’ Day ** (Robin Williams, Billy Crystal) – Classic Movie Review 1571

Robin Williams and Billy Crystal star together for the first time in director Ivan Reitman’s wobbly, forgettable 1997 comedy based on a French movie – Les Compères by Francis Veber – that is amusing and enjoyable […]

Aug, 20

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