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The Indian in the Cupboard **½ (1995, Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 4068

Director Frank Oz’s 1993 children’s movie boasts a screenplay by Melissa Mathison, the writer of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and adapter of The BFG (2016). In the story, a nine-year-old boy called Omri (Hal Scardino) is […]

Jul, 23

Sixteen Candles **** (1984, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry) – Classic Movie Review 3887

Director John Hughes’s charming and often funny 1984 teen comedy is a Eighties highlight. It stars Molly Ringwald in her most famous role as Samantha Baker, who is understandably upset when her family forgets her […]

Jun, 18

All About My Mother [Todo sobre mi madre] ***** (1999, Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña) – Classic Movie Review 3582

Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar‘s 13th feature film is this triumphant Oscar-winning 1999 drama starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz and Candela Peña. The film is dedicated ‘To all actresses who have played actresses. To all women who […]

Apr, 17

Heaven Can Wait ****½ (1943, Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Laird Cregar) – Classic Movie Review 3450

Producer-director Ernst Lubitsch brings his famed stylish and witty touch to this much-admired fantasy comedy tale of a 19th-century Casanova called Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche), who catches the lovely Martha Strabel Van Cleve (Gene Tierney), but is […]

Mar, 04

The Boys in the Band **** (1970, Leonard Frey, Kenneth Nelson, Reuben Greene, Cliff Gorman, Frederick Combs, Robert La Tourneaux, Laurence Luckinbill) – Classic Movie Review 2,973

William Friedkin’s 1970 movie The Boys in the Band was a very significant game-changer and remains an important document of its time. It is one of the earliest US films to revolve around gay characters […]

Oct, 10

The Last House on the Left *** (1972, Lucy Grantham, Sandra Cassel, David Hess, Marc Sheffier, Jeramie Rain, Fred Lincoln, Gaylord St James, Cynthia Carr) – Classic Movie Review 2870

‘To avoid fainting, keep repeating “It’s only a movie…It’s only a movie…only a movie…”‘ Writer-editor-director Wes Craven’s 1972 revenge horror thriller is his debut feature film, a difficult and controversial shocker of a movie. It […]

Aug, 31

Liar, Liar *** (1997, Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 2312

Director Tom Shadyac’s 1997 comedy provides a vehicle for one of the biggest hits of Jim Carrey, who enjoys himself in an ideal, tailor-made role as Fletcher Reede, a sycophantic, smooth-talking divorce attorney whose talent […]

Mar, 25

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