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I Could Go on Singing **** (1963, Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman) – Classic Movie Review 6,728

The often impressive and moving 1963 British drama film I Could Go on Singing memorably pairs Dirk Bogarde with Judy Garland in her last film before her tragic death from an accidental barbiturate overdose in […]

Feb, 24

Track 29 ** (1988, Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd, Sarah Bernhard, Colleen Camp, Seymour Cassell) – Classic Movie Review 6617

Unexpectedly, playwright Dennis Potter and director Nicolas Roeg join up for this steamy and interesting but ultimately unsatisfying 1987 Oedipal fantasy mystery drama set in a quiet North Carolina town. Theresa Russell stars as a […]

Jan, 29

For Keeps? [Maybe Baby] *** (1988, Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn, Conchata Ferrell, Sharon Brown, Dabney Coleman, Pauly Shore) – Classic Movie Review 4878

A well-matched Molly Ringwald and Randall Batinkoff star as starry-eyed high-school pupils Darcy (Ringwald) and Stan (Batinkoff), who are in love. But, when school swot Darcy gets unexpectedly pregnant, should the lovebirds pack up their […]

Jan, 11

The Bigamist ***½ (1953, Ida Lupino, Edmond O’Brien, Joan Fontaine, Edmund Gwenn, Jane Darwell, Kenneth Tobey, John Maxwell) – Classic Movie Review 3416

In the first ever instance of a female star directing herself, Ida Lupino directs and stars in this intriguing, involving and revealing 1953 film about a travelling salesman called Harry Graham (Edmond O’Brien) who is […]

Feb, 27

Dumb and Dumber To **½ (2014, Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle) – Movie Review

Dumb and Dumber To brings the retired retards Harry and Lloyd back out of mothballs for a desperate update, with original stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, and original writer-directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly. The shameful, appallingly […]

Dec, 18

Annie *** (2014, Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale) – Movie Review

At the age of nine, Quvenzhané Wallis became the youngest Oscar nominee for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012). Now a veteran of 11, the Louisiana little lady gets her […]

Dec, 18

Mighty Aphrodite **** (1995, Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter) – Classic Movie Review 1798

As usual with Woody Allen, art mirrors life in his mighty amusing 1995 comedy about an ageing sports writer Lenny (Allen), married to the much younger Amanda (Helena Bonham Carter), who looks for the real […]

Nov, 03

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