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The Ploughman’s Lunch **** (1983, Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry, Rosemary Harris, Frank Finlay, Bill Paterson) – Classic Movie Review 9767

Director Richard Eyre’s intelligent and well-observed 1983 political British drama film The Ploughman’s Lunch stars Jonathan Pryce, who is creepy and convincing as James Penfield, an egotistical radio journalist, who writes a book on Suez […]

May, 14

Only You **** (1994, Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr, Bonnie Hunt, Billy Zane, Joaquim de Almeida, Fisher Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 9766

‘The important thing is true love.’ Mmm… quite. Director Norman Jewison’s utterly sweet 1994 old-style romantic comedy Only You sets out to prove its own adage as hopeless romantic Faith Corvatch (Marisa Tomei) sets off […]

May, 14

Ooh… You Are Awful [Get Charlie Tully] *** (1972, Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser) – Classic Movie Review 9763

Dick Emery’s camp, lowbrow television act transfers to the movies amusingly and successfully in Cliff Owen’s 1972 British comedy Ooh… You Are Awful [Get Charlie Tully]. The plot, about a con man Charlie Tully (Emery) […]

May, 13

Wanda Nevada *** (1979, Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields, Fiona Lewis, Henry Fonda) – Classic Movie Review 9762

Peter Fonda’s 1979 PG certificate Western comedy film Wanda Nevada also stars Peter Fonda as drifter/ gambler Beaudray Demerille and Brooke Shields as Wanda Nevada, the 13-year-old orphan with dreams of singing at the Grand […]

May, 13

One More Train to Rob ** (1971, George Peppard, Diana Muldaur, John Vernon) – Classic Movie Review 9761

The 1971 Western film One More Train to Rob, about the aftermath of an assault on a trainload of gold ending up with the hero being framed and sent to prison, features a star turn […]

May, 13

A Walk in the Spring Rain * (1970, Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Fritz Weaver) – Classic Movie Review 9759

Director Guy Green’s 1970 film A Walk in the Spring Rain is a ghastly romantic drama, based on Rachel Maddox’s novel, wasting the talents of the great Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn, both still in […]

May, 13

Avalanche [Escape from Alaska] * (1999, Thomas Ian Griffith, Caroleen Feeney, R Lee Ermey, C Thomas Howell) – Classic Movie Review 9749

Director Steve Kroschel’s 1999 Avalanche is a feeble, cheap-looking action thriller, with Thomas Ian Griffith as a chopper pilot working with an environmentalist couple (C Thomas Howell, Caroleen Feeney) in Alaska, tagging foxes for the […]

May, 11

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