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Born to Be Bad ** (1934, Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Marion Burns, Jackie Kelk, Henry Travers, Russell Hopton, Mary Forbes) – Classic Movie Review 4797

Loretta Young stars in the 1934 pre-Code drama film Born to Be Bad as Letty Strong, a skimpily clad unmarried mother who tries to seduce married millionaire ‘Mal’ Trevor (Cary Grant), The film got into […]

Dec, 18 · in Uncategorized

Born to Be Bad *** (1950, Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott, Joan Leslie, Mel Ferrer) – Classic Movie Review 4795

‘Baby-faced Savage in a jungle of intrigue!’ Ah yes, with her oh-so-sweet exterior, perhaps you would think that butter wouldn’t melt in Christabel’s mouth, maybe. But, really, Joan Fontaine’s character here in the 1950 film noir melodrama Born […]

Dec, 18 · in Uncategorized

Born Romantic ** (2000, Craig Ferguson, Jane Horrocks, Adrian Lester, Ian Hart, Catherine McCormack, Jimi Mistry, David Morrissey, Olivia Williams, Kenneth Cranham) – Classic Movie Review 4796

Writer-director David Kane’s 2000 British romantic comedy boasts a particularly good cast in Craig Ferguson, Jane Horrocks, Adrian Lester, Ian Hart, Catherine McCormack, Jimi Mistry, David Morrissey, Olivia Williams, and Kenneth Cranham. And it has […]

Dec, 18

Sirens ***½ (1993, Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill, Elle Macpherson, Portia De Rossi, Kate Fischer, Ben Mendelsohn) – Classic Movie Review 4794

Writer-director John Duigan’s civilized and seductive 1993 adult drama is a slim but entertaining and decidedly sexy anecdote, neatly played and handled. Hugh Grant is most amusing with his English toff turn (though it is […]

Dec, 18

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius **** (2001, voices of Debi Derryberry, Megan Cavanagh, Rob Paulsen, Mark DeCarlo) – Classic Movie Review 4793

In a super 2001 Nickelodeon Movies animated action adventure, 10-year-old intrepid rocket genius and inventor Jimmy and his robot dog, Goddard, set off into space to rescue his parents. Along with the rest of the […]

Dec, 18

The Gift ***½ (2000, Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Hilary Swank, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Michael Jeter, Giovanni Ribisi, Kim Dickens, Gary Cole, Rosemary Harris, J K Simmons) – Classic Movie Review 4792

Keanu Reeves grabs his chance to show his bad side and to do a spot of acting, which he does quite impressively. In this one he plays a really unpleasant piece of work called Donnie […]

Dec, 18

Long Time Dead ** (2002, Joe Absolom, Tom Bell, Lara Belmont, Lukas Haas) – Classic Movie Review 4791

Though burdened with a heavy cargo of silliness, co-storywriter/director Marcus Adams’s 2002 British horror chiller is often quite skilful and creepy. Joe Absolom, Tom Bell, Lara Belmont and America’s Lukas Haas are among those in deadly […]

Dec, 17

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