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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

Decadence ** (1994, Joan Collins, Steven Berkoff, Christopher Biggins, Michael Winner, Marc Sinden) – Classic Movie Review 9649

The 1994 comedy drama Decadence is, as the poster says, ‘degenerate and disgusting’, but alas perhaps it is not also ‘deliciously funny’ as advertised, though it does have a certain oddball fascination, and its two […]

Apr, 18

Anchor and Hope [Ancora si speranta] **** (2017, Natalia Tena, Oona Chaplin, David Verdaguer, Geraldine Chaplin, Charlotte Atkinson, Trevor White) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Carlos Marques-Marcet’s quirky comedy of personal relationships Anchor and Hope (2017) is really quite special. It is richly enjoyable, very funny, touching and thoughtful, with four lovely performances in memorable characters, as well as […]

Sep, 11

Native Son *** (1986, Victor Love, Matt Dillon, Elizabeth McGovern, Geraldine Page, Oprah Winfrey, Carroll Baker) – Classic Movie Review 7321

Director Jerrold Freedman’s earnest and honorable 1986 drama Native Son is the second film version of Richard Wright’s powerful 1940 novel about Bigger Thomas (Victor Love), a poor, African American young man in Thirties Chicago who takes a […]

Jul, 21

The Speckled Band *** (1931, Raymond Massey, Athole Stewart, Stanley Ault, Lyn Harding, Angela Baddeley) – Classic Movie Review 2626

A 1930s update – complete with typewriters and dictaphones – on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous snaky tale The Adventure of the Speckled Band. Putting his stamp on  the role, Raymond Massey is splendidly aloof […]

Jun, 22

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