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S. Darko * (2009, Daveigh Chase, Briana Evigan, James Lafferty, Ed Westwick, Jackson Rathbone, John Hawkes, Elizabeth Berkley) – Classic Movie Review 4575

Director Chris Fisher’s unpopular and unsuccessful 2009 sequel to Donnie Darko (2001), S. Darko, centres unprofitably on Sam (Daveigh Chase), Donnie’s younger sister, and her best friend Corey (Briana Evigan), who get entangled in a dangerous […]

Nov, 01 · in Reviews

The Fountainhead **** (1949, Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas, Henry Hull, Ray Collins) – Classic Movie Review 4572

Director King Vidor’s 1949 drama is an ambitious and far-reaching though fruity, muddled and rambling film of Ayn Rand’s famous novel. The Fountainhead stars an oddly cast, haggard-looking Gary Cooper, who gives a solid enough […]

Nov, 01 · in Reviews

Elvira Madigan **** (1967, Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer) – Classic Movie Review 4574

Writer-director Bo Widerberg’s gorgeously pretty 1967 lovers-on-the-run romance Elvira Madigan, set in 19th-century Sweden, was a huge art house cinema hit in the Sixties. Widerberg’s screenplay is based on a real-life 19th century romantic story […]

Nov, 01

Keeping Up with the Joneses *** (2016, Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Dunn) – Movie Review

Director Greg Mottola’s 2016 action comedy is a surprise success, pulling off the difficult trick of recycling a familiar premise and some tired old situations and still managing to be funny. Mottola’s got Galifianakis to calm right down […]

Nov, 01

Mum’s List **** (2016, Rafe Spall, Emilia Fox, Elaine Cassidy, Ross McCormack, Sophie Simnett) – Movie Review

Emilia Fox and particularly Rafe Spall give the most poignant and brilliant performances as a loving married couple in this heart-rending real-life story. In an obvious labour of love, Mum’s List is very carefully and […]

Nov, 01

A Street Cat Named Bob **** (2016, Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Anthony Head) – Movie Review

Director Roger Spottiswoode’s 2015 feel good true story comedy drama is a loveable boy meets cat, falls for cat, lives happily ever after love story. Luke Treadaway as the boy is nearly as cute and good […]

Nov, 01

Since You Went Away **** (1944, Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Agnes Moorehead, Monty Woolley, Lionel Barrymore, Guy Madison, Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn, Nazimova, Hattie McDaniel) – Classic Movie Review 4573

Director John Cromwell’s lavish, star-studded 1944 tearjerker boasts winning performances from the superb cast and a poignant, fragrant whiff of the wartime mid-Forties. Producer David O Selznick’s patriotic tribute to the American home front during […]

Oct, 31

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