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Sweet November *** (2001, Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs) – Classic Movie Review 1573

Director Pat O’Connor’s 2001 movie tearfest Sweet November is an unexpected but welcome noughties updated remake of a long-forgotten 1968 romantic weepie, Sweet November. Keanu Reeves stars as Nelson Moss, a San Francisco workaholic executive […]

Aug, 21

Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House ***** (1948, Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas) – Classic Film Review 1227

Ideally cast, screwball comedy legends Cary Grant and Myrna Loy prove a dream team here in 1948, giving among their most delicious ever screen performances as Jim and Muriel Blandings. They’re a couple of New York-dwelling […]

May, 17

The Fighting Temptations ***½ (2003, Cuba Gooding Jr, Beyoncé Knowles, Mike Epps, Melba Moore, Rue McClanahan) – Classic Movie Review 1165

In director Jonathan Lynn’s 2003 comedy, Cuba Gooding Jr scores a great big hit playing Darrin Hill, a New York advertising executive who goes home to town of Monte Carlo, Georgia, to claim his aunt’s inheritance […]

May, 02

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 1147

Producer/co-writer/director Frank Tashlin puts his comic-strip style onto this enjoyable 1956 musical satirical farce. Edmond O’Brien plays Fats Murdock, a gangster who takes on decrepit, down-at-heel PR agent Tom Miller (Tom Ewell) to publicise his sexy, blonde bombshell, bimbo girlfriend […]

Apr, 26

What Women Want (2000, Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt) Classic Film Review 1140

Director Nancy Myers’s 2000 romcom stars Mel Gibson as Nick Marshall, a womanising Chicago advertising executive who gains the ability to hear the thoughts of the fairer sex after a freak accident, when a woman, Darcy […]

Apr, 23

North by Northwest ***** (1959, Cary Grant, James Mason, Eva Marie Saint, Jessie Royce Landis, Martin Landau, Leo G Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 4

Was any thriller busier, faster or more polished? Buckle up for North by Northwest, Alfred Hitchcock’s great 1959 chase-thriller ride, following the desperate knife-edge fate of charismatic but smug and selfish middle-aged Madison Avenue advertising […]

Jun, 25

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