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The Farmer Takes a Wife * (1953, Betty Grable, Dale Robertson, Thelma Ritter, John Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 10,668

Director Henry Levin’s 1953 Twentieth Century Fox comedy musical romance The Farmer Takes a Wife is a plushly produced but uninvolving musical rehash of the sweet 1935 original The Farmer Takes a Wife. It is […]

Dec, 14

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple *** (2001, Glenn Close, Jena Malone, Bruce McGill) – Classic Movie Review 10,290

Director Jeremy Paul Kagan’s 2001 TV movie The Ballad of Lucy Whipple is a superior, pacy, gripping adventure about a mom, Arvella Whipple (Glenn Close), and her three children heading West after the death of […]

Sep, 10

Westward the Women ** (1951, Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson) – Classic Movie Review 10,113

Director William Wellman’s 1951 Western film Westward the Women stars a dour-seeming Robert Taylor as the man responsible for conducting a wagon-train of ladies (Denise Darcel, Marilyn Erskine, Hope Emerson, Lenore Lonergan and Julie Bishop) […]

Jul, 31

The Sisters Brothers [Les Frères Sisters] **** (2018, John C Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed) – Movie Review

John C Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix get rewarding roles as killer brothers Eli and Charlie Sisters, who hunt down gold prospector Hermann Kermit Warm (Riz Ahmed) and his surprise ally John Morris (Jake Gyllenhaal), who was […]

Apr, 06

The Piano **** (1993, Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker) – Classic Movie Review 6387

Director Jane Campion’s triumphant 1993 romantic drama is probably her best, most famous, most successful movie. On a $7 million cost, it earned $40 million in the US alone. It won three Oscars, for Best Actress […]

Dec, 10

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ***** (1954, Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Russ Tamblyn, Jeff Richards, Tommy Rall, Matt Mattox, Marc Platt, Jacques d’Ambroise, Howard Petrie, Julie Newmar) – Classic Movie Review 4533

Director Stanley Donen’s wonderfully exuberant and high-spirited 1954 MGM dance musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers stars Jane Powell and Howard Keel, and tells the story about the seven Pontipee brothers on a backwoods farm […]

Oct, 25

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