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A Cup of Kindness ** (1934, Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Dorothy Hyson, Claude Hulbert ) – Classic Movie Review 11,180

Director Tom Walls’s 1934 British black and white farcical comedy film A Cup of Kindness is based on a Ben Travers screenplay from his own 1929 Aldwych stage farce that has dated more than some about […]

May, 07

Flying Elephants ** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Viola Richard) – Classic Movie Review 8513

‘6000 years ago all men were forced to marry or work on the rock pile – that’s why it was called the Stone Age.’ Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star as battling Stone Age cavemen […]

May, 29

Early Man ** (2018, voices of Eddie Redmayne, Maisie Williams, Tom Hiddleston, Timothy Spall, Nick Park, Miriam Margolyes, Rob Brydon) – Movie Review

Early Man is small and thin but perfectly formed. Nick Park’s slightly underwhelming Aardman animated feature Early Man is good natured and harmless, but its thin idea is stretched to near breaking point to fill an […]

Feb, 13

One Million BC [Man and His Mate] *** (1940, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr, John Hubbard, Nigel De Brulier) – Classic Movie Review 4451

Directors Hal Roach and Hal Roach Jr’s daft but different 1940 Stone Age epic fantasy adventure stars Victor Mature, who seems ideally cast as Tumak, a dim-witted caveman struggling for survival. It was immensely popular […]

Oct, 03

The Flintstones ** (1994, John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Elizabeth Perkins, Rosie O’Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 3900

Director Brian Levant’s good-natured 1994 hit comedy is a desperate-to-please, juvenile farce based on William Hannah and Joseph Barbera’s beloved Sixties TV cartoon series The Flintstones (1960–1966). Despite its shortcomings, it has speed, some funny […]

Jun, 21

Creatures the World Forgot ** (1971, Julie Ege, Brian O’Shaughnessy, Tony Bonner, Robin John) – Classic Movie Review 2441

Julie Ege stars as top cave-dweller Nala the Girl in director Don Chaffey’s amusingly daft 1971 follow-up to his One Million Years BC (1966), Slave Girls (1967) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970). The fourth […]

May, 01

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