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For Richer, for Poorer [Father, Son and the Mistress] ** (1992, Jack Lemmon, Talia Shire, Jonathan Silverman, Joanna Gleason, Madeline Kahn) – Classic Movie Review 10,383

A contrived situation, a feeble script? Just call for comedy master Jack Lemmon to bail it out. Director Jay Sandrich’s 1992 TV movie For Richer, for Poorer [Father, Son and the Mistress] stars Jack Lemmon, […]

Oct, 04

Father of the Bride Part II * (1995, Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short) – Classic Movie Review 10,382

Director Charles Shyer’s unwanted 1995 comedy Father of the Bride Part II is the off-target sequel to his 1991 Father of the Bride is a partial remake of 1951’s Father’s Little Dividend, the sequel to […]

Oct, 04

Zandalee (1991, Nicolas Cage, Erika Anderson, Judge Reinhold) – Classic Movie Review 10,308

The stressed and impotent burnt-out poet Thierry (Judge Reinhold) and his manipulative painter high school buddy Johnny (Nicolas Cage) vie for the lissom body of Thierry’s wife Zandalee (Erika Anderson) in director Sam Pillsbury’s shameful, unsexy, […]

Sep, 15

Smiley Gets a Gun ** (1958, Sybil Thorndike, Chips Rafferty, Keith Calvert) – Classic Movie Review 10,264

Porducer-director Anthony Kimmins’s 1958 Australian comedy drama Smiley Gets a Gun is the sequel to his Smiley (1956), in which Smiley Greevins, now played by Keith Calvert, must keep out of trouble at school, help […]

Sep, 04

Portrait of Alison *** (1955, Robert Beatty, Terry Moore, William Sylvester, Geoffrey Keen) – Classic Movie Review 10,255

Director Guy Green’s 1955 black and white British mystery crime film Portrait of Alison [Postmark for Danger] is an amazingly convoluted and satisfyingly entertaining whodunit thriller, based on Francis Durbridge’s popular Fifties TV serial, about […]

Sep, 01

Destination Gobi *** (1953, Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Max Showalter) – Classic Movie Review 10,253

‘ADVENTURE AS FIERY AND FURIOUS AS THE FLAMING SANDS OF CHINA’S GOBI DESERT!’ Director Robert Wise’s 1953 drama Destination Gobi, his first film in colour, is an engrossing war adventure about US Navy men on […]

Sep, 01

Scalawag ** (1973, Kirk Douglas, Mark Lester, Neville Brand) – Classic Movie Review 10,252

Kirk Douglas directs himself in the 1973 adventure film Scalawag as Pete, a ‘yo-ho-ho’ one-legged pirate searching for hidden treasure in Mexico. Scalawag is an unsubtle reworking of Treasure Island, with decent sets, costumes and […]

Sep, 01

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