Willy Russell’s 1980 Royal Shakespeare Company West End stage comedy proved even more popular on film in 1983 than in the theatre, partly thanks to the engaging interplay between Julie Walters as Rita, a 27- year-old working-class […]
An excellent cast makes director Christopher Miles’s 1999 British period film work smoothly, nicely and entertainingly. Thanks to all the good work, it is a very considerable success, and a very successful transfer of a play […]
Director Robert Aldrich’s dark-toned 1969 lesbian drama features a splendid, career-best performance by Beryl Reid as June ‘George’ Buckridge, the ageing, bad-tempered, drunken lesbian actress whose imminent demise in a radio serial makes life hell […]
Director Jake Kasdan’s harmless but lame, laborious and empty-headed reboot of Jumanji (1995) cost a lot – $90 million – but has taken a fortune – $254 million in the US. It goes for the old downhome […]
Director Craig Gillespie’s bold and tough-toned 2017 movie tackles the controversial life story of American competitive ice skater Tonya Harding and casts Margot Robbie, who gives a brave, battling performance, as convincing on the ice […]
Director Gordon Douglas’s 1940 57-minute comedy film features James Finlayson as a doctor, Dr J H Finlayson by name, who prescribes a peaceful sea cruise for Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It is intended to help […]
Director Gordon Douglas’s 1962 musical romantic comedy is a slushy vehicle for Elvis Presley, with five unmemorable songs. Presley as Toby Kwimper? I don’t think so! Charles Lederer’s slack screenplay is taken from Richard C […]
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