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Evita **** (1996, Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce) – Classic Movie Review 1306

Director Alan Parker’s 1996 movie stars Madonna as Evita. Madonna scores a personal triumph in this splendidly lavish and swirling film adaptation of the 1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice West End and Broadway stage hit […]

Jun, 07

Venus in Fur **** (2013, Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric) – Movie Review

Director Roman Polanski casts his wife Emmanuelle Seigner as an actress who arrives late for an audition at a Paris theatre but still tries to convince the writer-director Mathieu Amalric that she’s perfect for a role in his […]

May, 31

The Girl Can’t Help It **** (1956, Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, Edmond O’Brien, Barry Gordon, Henry Jones, John Emery, Juanita Moore, Julie London) – Classic Movie Review 1,147

The enjoyable 1956 musical satirical farce The Girl Can’t Help It was one of the year’s biggest hits and made Jayne Mansfield a movie star. Julie London sings ‘Cry Me a River’; Gene Vincent performs […]

Apr, 26

Murder! **** (1930, Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander, Donald Calthrop, Marie Wright, Esmé Percy) – Classic Movie Review 861

The 1930 British thriller film Murder! is a rare whodunit from Alfred Hitchcock, who experiments with a daring psycho-sexual theme and improvised dialogue, with actors talking while a 30-piece orchestra played live on the set. […]

Mar, 02

The Invisible Woman ** (2013, Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas) – Movie Review

Hard Times with Dickens. Ralph Fiennes directs himself as Charles Dickens, who at the height of his career meets and falls for a younger woman, Ellen ‘Nelly’ Ternan (Felicity Jones), who becomes his secret mistress up […]

Feb, 07

Synecdoche, New York **** (2008, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dianne Wiest) – Classic Movie Review 799

Philip Seymour Hoffman gives a tour-de-force as Caden Cotard, a terminally ill theatre director who struggles with his work and his women. Offered a grant, he decides to turn his life into art, and to […]

Feb, 04

Wicker Park ** (2004, Josh Hartnett, Diane Kruger, Matthew Lillard, Rose Byrne) – Classic Movie Review 675

Tending to let his single eyebrow do most of the acting for him, Josh Hartnett plays Matthew, a young Chicago advertising executive who is about to marry his boss’s daughter when he sees his long-lost love […]

Jan, 11

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