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Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool **** (2017, Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Kenneth Cranham, Stephen Graham, Vanessa Redgrave, Frances Barber) – Movie Review

In 1981, British actor Peter Turner got a dramatic phone call that his former lover, the Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing hospital care. Film Stars Don’t […]

Oct, 26

Daphne **** (2017, Emily Beecham, Geraldine James, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) – Movie Review 

There are laughs, there is drama, there is romance and there is sex, but Daphne is a bit of a tough, gruelling movie. They have certainly taken the fun out of it. However, Emily Beecham is […]

Oct, 01

The Man with Nine Lives [Behind the Door] ***½ (1940, Boris Karloff, Byron Foulger, Roger Pryor, Jo Ann Sayers) – Classic Movie Review 5640

Director Nick Grinde’s chilling 1940 horror sci-fi thriller finds dear old Boris Karloff playing with the chemistry set again as yet another in his long line of mad doctors. But that’s good, right? This time […]

Jun, 20

Mum’s List **** (2016, Rafe Spall, Emilia Fox, Elaine Cassidy, Ross McCormack, Sophie Simnett) – Movie Review

Emilia Fox and particularly Rafe Spall give the most poignant and brilliant performances as a loving married couple in this heart-rending real-life story. In an obvious labour of love, Mum’s List is very carefully and […]

Nov, 01

A Monster Calls **** (2016, Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell) – Movie Review

Lewis MacDougall stars as 12-year-old Conor O’Malley, who is greatly troubled by the heavy weight of his burden of impossible problems. He’s being bullied at school, his grandma (Sigourney Weaver) is chilly and controlly, his dad […]

Oct, 06

Cleo from 5 to 7 [Cléo de 5 à 7] **** (1962, Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck, José-Luis Villalonga) – Classic Movie Review 4308

One of the key French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) movies of the early Sixties, writer-director Agnés Varda’s essential 1962 film drama Cleo from 5 to 7 1962 [Cléo de 5 à 7] – or portrait […]

Sep, 05

The Sunchaser ** (1996, Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda, Anne Bancroft) – Classic Movie Review 3962

Director Michael Cimino’s interesting, but finally unsatisfying offbeat 1996 crime drama thriller The Sunchaser stars Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda and Anne Bancroft as Dr Renata Baumbauer. It turned out to be the last feature film […]

Jul, 03

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