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- Licorice Pizza *** (2021, Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie) – Classic Movie Review 13,973
- The Killer [喋血雙雄] **** (1989, Chow Yun-fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Chu Kong, Kenneth Tsang) – Classic Movie Review 13,972
- Gigi *** (1949, Danièle Delorme, Gaby Morlay, Yvonne de Bray, Franck Villard, Jean Tissier) Classic Movie Review – 13,971
- The Replacement Killers *** (1998, Chow Yun-fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Kenneth Tsang, Jürgen Prochnow, Til Schweiger, Danny Trejo, Clifton Collins Jr, Carlos Gomez) – Classic Movie Review 13,970
- Coyote Ugly *** (2000, Piper Perabo, John Goodman, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Izabella Miko, Melanie Lynskey, Bridget Moynahan, Tyra Banks, LeAnn Rimes, Bud Cort) – Classic Movie Review 13,969
- Shadow of Fear *** (1964, Paul Maxwell, Clare Owen, Anita West, Alan Tilvern, John Arnatt, Eric Pohlmann, Reginald Marsh, John Sutton, Anthony Wager, Colin Tapley) – Classic Movie Review 13,968
- Race Street **** (1948, George Raft, Marilyn Maxwell, William Bendix, Frank Faylen, Harry Morgan, Gale Robbins) – Classic Movie Review 13,967
- Swamp Fire ** (1946, Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe, Virginia Grey, Carol Thurston) – Classic Movie Review 13,966
- Dangerous Partners *** (1945, James Craig, Signe Hasso, Edmund Gwenn, Audrey Totter, Warner Anderson, Felix Bressart, Mabel Paige, John Warburton, Henry O’Neill, Grant Withers) – Classic Movie Review 13,965
- A Dangerous Profession **** (1949, George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O’Brien, Jim Backus, Bill Williams, Roland Winters) – Classic Movie Review 13,964
Reviews
Desperate Characters *** (1971, Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Sada Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 10,247
Writer-director Frank D Gilroy’s engrossing 1971 drama Desperate Characters stars Shirley MacLaine in a very remarkable performance as Sophie Bentwood, a depressed, frigid New York housewife living in the East Side suburbs, married to the […]
The Possession of Joel Delaney *** (1972, Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, David Elliott) – Classic Movie Review 10,246
Director Waris Hussein’s 1971 The Possession of Joel Delaney stars Shirley MacLaine in a hokey but entertaining British-financed chiller, set in New York City, where she plays divorced mother-of-two socialite Norah Benson, pursuing her younger […]
Postcards from the Edge **** (1990, Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Mary Wickes) – Classic Movie Review 10,245
Director Mike Nichols’s 1990 celebrity memoirs movie Postcards from the Edge finds Shirley MacLaine bravely playing an ageing, drinking, domineering Mommie Dearest-type star named Doris Mann and Meryl Streep playing her drug-abusing actress daughter, Suzanne […]
Pot o’ Gold *** (1941, James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt, Charles Winninger, Mary Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 10,244
Director George Marshall’s 1941 screwball comedy Pot o’ Gold [The Golden Hour] has the distinction of featuring James Stewart on the mouth-organ and performing ‘When Johnny Toots His Horn’ (written by Hy Heath and Fred Rose), which may […]
Whipsaw *** (1935, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Harvey Stephens) – Classic Movie Review 10,243
MGM’s entertaining 1935 romantic crime drama Whipsaw stars Myrna Loy as a jewel thief and Spencer Tracy as a government agent hot on her trail. Director Sam Wood’s 1935 romantic crime drama Whipsaw stars Myrna […]
Where the Boys Are ** (1984, Lisa Hartman, Lorna Luft, Wendy Schaal, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Russell Todd) – Classic Movie Review 10,242
This time director Hy Averback’s 1984 updated sex comedy Where the Boys Are finds Lisa Hartman, Lorna Luft, Wendy Schaal and Lynn-Holly Johnson as the four college coeds heading for Florida’s Fort Lauderdale for their […]
The Private Files of J Edgar Hoover **** (1977, Broderick Crawford, James Wainwright, Michael Parks) – Classic Movie Review 10,241
Writer-producer-director Larry Cohen’s 1977 biographical drama The Private Files of J Edgar Hoover stars a notable cast headed by Broderick Crawford, José Ferrer, Michael Parks, Ronee Blakley, Rip Torn, Celeste Holm and Dan Dailey. He […]