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Parting Shots *** (1998, Chris Rea, Felicity Kendal, John Cleese, Bob Hoskins, Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Ben Kingsley, Joanna Lumley, Gareth Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 7771

Writer/ producer/ director Michael Winner gathers his friends around him for his reasonably entertaining 1998 black comedy film Parting Shots, which proved to be his parting shot as his final movie. Chris Rea stars as failed […]

Nov, 10

Terms of Endearment ***** (1983, Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson) – Classic Movie Review 7507

Director James L Brooks’s extraordinarily successful 1983 Terms of Endearment scooped up Five Oscars, including Best Picture (James L Brooks), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Shirley MacLaine), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jack Nicholson), Best […]

Aug, 28

Girls’ Night *** (1998, Brenda Blethyn, Julie Walters, Sue Cleaver, Meera Syal, Philip Jackson, George Costigan, Maxine Peake) – Classic Movie Review 7040

Well!, Well!, Well! Director Nick Hurran’s well acted, well written and well directed 1998 British comedy drama Girls’ Night stars Brenda Blethyn and Julie Walters as best friends Dawn and Jackie, also in-laws and factory co-workers, who set […]

May, 12

The Leisure Seeker * (2017 Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Christian McKay, Janel Moloney) –

Mirren and Sutherland give impeccable performances as troubled oldsters in this quirky bitter-sweet comedy road drama in which they set of in their vintage camper van The Leisure Seeker for one last ride. International treasures […]

Apr, 19

Medicine Man *** (1992, Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco, José Wilker) – Classic Movie Review 6799

Director John McTiernan’s 1992 adventure stars a pony-tailed Sean Connery as Dr Robert Campbell, a drug company’s eccentric scientist who has discovered a cure for cancer in the South America tropical rain forests, but he cannot replicate […]

Mar, 13

Finding Your Feet ** (2017, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Joanna Lumley, David Hayman, John Sessions, Josie Lawrence) – Movie Review

Finding Your Feet is a guaranteed crowd pleaser with two bona fide national treasures in Imelda Staunton and Timothy Spall, plus a great performance by Celia Imrie. Director Richard Loncraine’s often funny and charming Finding Your […]

Feb, 25

Ironweed *** (1987, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker) – Classic Movie Review 6637

Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep apparently so enjoyed making Heartburn (1986) together that they immediately made another movie together, this time playing alcoholic drifter Francis Phelan and his former radio singer friend Helen Archer, begging for work […]

Feb, 01

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