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The Dresser *** (1983, Tom Courtenay, Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Zena Walker, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gough) – Classic Movie Review 4,079

Peter Yates turns Ronald Harwood’s 1980 hit play about a veteran ham Shakespearean actor-manager (Albert Finney) and his camp personal assistant dresser (Tom Courtenay) into the 1983 British film The Dresser. Producer-director Peter Yates turns […]

Jul, 25 · in Reviews

Save the Tiger **** (1973, Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford ) – Classic Movie Review 4078

Director John G Avildsen’s 1973 drama finds Jack Lemmon on his best Oscar-winning form as the harassed, disillusioned businessman Harry Stoner, who is haunted by memories of his World War Two war buddies while he […]

Jul, 25 · in Uncategorized

Omen IV: The Awakening * (1991, Faye Grant, Michael Woods, Michael Lerner) Classic Movie Review 4077

Directors Jorge Montesi and Dominique Othenin-Girard’s 1991 Omen IV: The Awakening proves a dismal attempt to re-awaken and re-animate a long-dead saga with a ludicrous script by Brian Taggert, inept acting and clumsy direction. It […]

Jul, 24

All That Jazz ***** (1979, Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer, Ben Vereen, Cliff Gorman) – Classic Movie Review 4076

Co-writer/ director Bob Fosse’s stylish, partly autobiographical 1979 movie musical All That Jazz about a Broadway workaholic dance director called Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) driving himself to death through overwork, as well as meanwhile overdosing […]

Jul, 24

Little Fockers *** (2010, Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Owen Wilson, Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Alba, Blythe Danner, Laura Dern) – Classic Movie Review 4075

Ben Stiller returns as male super-nurse Gaylord Focker, who is tempted by super-sexy drugs rep Jessica Alba, especially when she gets much of her kit off. Nutty ex-CIA father-in-law Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro), the family […]

Jul, 24

Up the Sandbox *** (1972, Barbra Streisand, David Selby, Ariane Heller, Stockard Channing, Paul Dooley, Anne Ramsey) – Classic Movie Review 4,074

The awkward but ambitious 1972 comedy-drama film Up the Sandbox stars Barbra Streisand as a pregnant New Yorker, who feels bored with her life and neglected by her husband (David Selby), and takes to fantasising, […]

Jul, 24

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever ** (1970, Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart, Jack Nicholson, Larry Blyden, Simon Oakland) – Classic Movie Review 4073

In director Vincente Minnelli’s 1970 movie musical, Alan Jay Lerner’s Broadway musical nosedives spectacularly on film, thanks to generous helpings of miscasting and a show that has dated disastrously. In one of her few flops, […]

Jul, 24

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