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Better Off Dead… * (1985, John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Amanda Wyss, Demian Slade, Aaron Dozier) – Classic Movie Review 10,707

Writer-director Savage Steve Holland’s aimless but sometimes amusing 1985 teen comedy Better Off Dead… stars John Cusack as teenager Lane Meyer, who has a crush on his girlfriend Beth Truss (Amanda Wyss) but has girlfriend […]

Dec, 26

The Delinquents * (1989, Kylie Minogue, Charlie Schlatter, Bruno Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 9789

Director Chris Thomson’s 1989 romantic drama The Delinquents stars Kylie Minogue, who strips off, uses a four-letter word and does a bit of acting in her ill-fated movie début as Lola, an Australian teenager hot […]

May, 19

Bedknobs and Broomsticks **** (1971, Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roy Snart, Cindy O’Callaghan, Sam Jaffe, Roddy McDowall, Bruce Forsyth, Reginald Owen, Tessie O’Shea) – Classic Movie Review 5936

Angela Lansbury stars as a cuddly amateur witch called Eglantine Price, who takes three World War Two evacuated kids on a magic bedstead and battles the Nazis in director Robert Stevenson’s delightful 1971 Disney fantasy […]

Aug, 19

When a Stranger Calls *** (1979, Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Tony Beckley, Colleen Dewhurst, Rachel Roberts, Ron O’Neal, Rutanya Alda) – Classic Movie Review 4525

Co-writer/ director Fred Walton’s 1979 cult horror thriller follows in the wake of the similar but better Halloween (1978), but is held together by the powerful presence of excellent Charles Durning as John Clifford, the cop obsessively […]

Oct, 24

The Knack… and How to Get It **** (1965, Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 2910

Director Richard Lester’s trendily modish 1965 British comedy was a box-office and critical success, as the 1965 Cannes Palme d’Or winner. Lester’s appealingly frenzied version of Ann Jellicoe’s stage play boasts a witty screenplay by Charles […]

Sep, 14

Sommersby **** (1993, Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman) – Classic Movie Review 2817

Director Jon Amiel’s classy 1993 mystery romantic drama is a splendidly sumptuous, poignant film. Richard Gere and Jodie Foster give unexpectedly sturdy performances in the kind of movie they’re not usually associated with – the […]

Aug, 15

Providence **** (1977, Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn, John Gielgud, David Warner, Elaine Stritch) – Classic Movie Review 1314

Director Alain Resnais’s lovingly crafted 1977 drama was his first English-language film. It’s a total treat for the discerning. The great and good John Gielgud steals the acting honours even from Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn, […]

Jun, 11

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