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The Man Without a Face *** (1993, Mel Gibson, Nick Stahl, Margaret Whitton, Geoffrey Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 5311

Director-star Mel Gibson hand-picked the 13-year-old Nick Stahl for his earnest, feel-good 1993 drama, giving him his breakout role as Chuck, the fatherless little boy who befriends an adult male stranger who was horribly disfigured in […]

Apr, 17

Handsome Devil ***½ (2016, Fionn O’Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrew Scott) – Movie Review

Award-winning writer/director John Butler (The Stag) returns with a charming, crowd-pleasing story of the unlikely friendship between two Irish boarding school roommates – gay loner outsider Ned (Fionn O’Shea) and new boy macho star rugby player […]

Mar, 24

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll **** (2010, Andy Serkis, Tom Hughes, Clifford Samuel, Joseph Kennedy, Arthur Darvill, James Jagger, Mackenzie Crook, Olivia Williams, Sam Spruell) – Classic Movie Review 4336

Finally leaving the ghost of Gollum far behind, Andy Serkis gives a stunning, knockout performance – way the best he has ever done – in director Mat Whitecross’s marvellously full-on, in-your-face 2010 biopic of troubled, […]

Sep, 11

Youth in Revolt *** (2009, Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta, M Emmet Walsh, Mary Kay Place, Justin Long, Fred Willard, Zach Galifianakis, Rooney Mara) – Classic Movie Review 4321

Ah yes, how to describe this? – a kind of teen romcom with good bad attitudes. Michael Cera is Nick Twisp, the youth in revolt, an alarmingly pale, thin weirdo 16-year-old, who will do just […]

Sep, 09

Goodbye, Mr Chips **** (1939, Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Paul Henreid, Lyn Harding, Austin Trevor, Terry Kilburn, John Mills) – Classic Movie Review 4140

Director Sam Wood’s vintage 1939 drama Goodbye, Mr Chips puts the spotlight on Robert Donat, who won the Best Actor Oscar for his masterly portrayal of a prim and proper classics teacher at a boys’ boarding […]

Aug, 07

Three Men and a Little Lady ** (1990, Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis) – Classic Movie Review 3560

Emile Ardolino directs a feeble 1990 sequel to the 1987 baby blockbuster comedy Three Men and a Baby, happily with all the appealing four stars returning. But, alas, Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson and Nancy Travis […]

Apr, 12

Tom Brown’s Schooldays **** (1951, John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, John Charlesworth, James Hayter, John Forrest, Diana Wynyard, Kathleen Byron, Hermione Baddeley, Glyn Dearman, Francis de Wolff, Max Bygraves) – Classic Movie Review 3526

Robert Newton stars in a brilliantly sturdy and showy performance from as the strict and stern English public school reforming headmaster Dr Arnold, in the 1951 British film remake of the 1940 Hollywood movie Tom […]

Apr, 04

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