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Spinout ** (1966, Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Carl Betz, Cecil Kellaway, Will Hutchins, Una Merkel, Deborah Walley, Diane McBain) – Classic Movie Review 6239

Director Norman Taurog’s 1966 romantic comedy musical stars Elvis Presley as a band singing, gal-chasing racing driver called Mike McCoy. He may be chasing girls, but three women are after him this time: his band’s drummer […]

Nov, 13

Operation Mad Ball ** (1957, Jack Lemmon, , Ernie Kovacs, Mickey Rooney, Kathryn Grant, Dick York, James Darren, Arthur O’Connell, Roger Smith) – Classic Movie Review 6237

Jack Lemmon stars as US Army hospital Private Hogan in director Richard Quine’s slightly flat, faded and dated 1957 farce about American soldiers in post-World war Two France trying to meet some protected French maidens […]

Nov, 12

Young Man with a Horn [Young Man of Music] **** (1950, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Juano Hernandez) – Classic Movie Review 6081

Director Michael Curtiz’s 1950 biographical music drama stars Kirk Douglas as American jazz cornetist Rick Martin. Warner Bros’ fictionalised biopic is based on the life of all-time jazz great Bix Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August […]

Oct, 11

Too Late Blues *** (1961, Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Everett Chambers) – Classic Movie Review 5756

Producer/ director/ co-writer John Cassavetes’s intriguing and haunting 1961 movie tale stars Bobby Darin as John ‘Ghost’ Wakefield, an ideological jazz player who meets an unbalanced and introverted beautiful singer, Jess Polanski (Stella Stevens). He […]

Jul, 14

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen * (2004, Lindsay Lohan, Adam Garcia, Carol Kane, Glenne Headly, Megan Fox, Alison Pill) – Classic Movie Review 5579

Welsh director Sara Sugarman’s first big-studio movie is aimed at 14-year-old girls, as Lindsay Lohan plays crazy teen Mary Elizabeth Steppe, aka Lola, who relocates from the sophisticated Big Apple to suburban New Jersey. There […]

Jun, 10

Scott Pilgrim vs the World **** (2010, Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Ellen Wong, Johnny Simmons, Alison Pill, Chris Evans, Jason Schwartzman) – Movie Review 5528

Michael Cera is hilarious as 22-year-old geeky, jobless, band member Scott Pilgrim, who is a surprising hit with the girls. Pale and skinny are the new brown and brawny. The only problem is his latest […]

Jun, 01

The Last Waltz **** (1978, The Band, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond) – Classic Movie Review 5.374

Martin Scorsese’s legendary 1978 rockumentary film of the 1976 farewell gig by The Band is a model of excitement and dynamism. No wonder The Last Waltz has been called one of the greatest concert films. […]

May, 01

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