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Searching for Bobby Fischer **** (1993, Max Pomeranc, Ben Kingsley, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Laurence Fishburne) – Classic Movie Review 9093

Writer-director Steven Zaillian’s 1993 biographical drama Searching for Bobby Fischer [Innocent Moves] is a decent, well acted real-life story about a small boy called Josh Waitzkin (Max Pomeranc in his debut) who is a genius […]

Nov, 24

The Champ ** (1979, Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder) – Classic Movie Review 8639

Director Franco Zeffirelli’s 1979 love-triangle boxing movie tearjerker The Champ is a soggy remake of the 1931 Wallace Beery-Jackie Cooper weepie The Champ, hopelessly out of its time five decades later, with Jon Voight out […]

Jun, 25

Cockfighter *** (1974, Warren Oates, Richard B Shull, Harry Dean Stanton, Ed Begley Jr, Laurie Bird, Troy Donahue, Millie Perkins) – Classic Movie Review 6210

Director Monte Hellman re-teams with Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton and Laurie Bird from his 1971 Two-Lane Blacktop cult success for this respected if insufficiently heralded or appreciated 1974 cult movie about a professional cockfighter […]

Nov, 08

Thunderhead – Son of Flicka *** (1945, Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell, Diana Hale) – Classic Movie Review 3464

Director Louis King’s cute 1945 sequel to 1943’s boy and horse story in the hit family feature My Friend Flicka happily sees much of the same cast returning from the original – Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster and […]

Mar, 11

The Harder They Fall **** (1956, Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Max Baer, Carlos Montalbán) – Classic Movie Review 3364

Though then tragically dying of throat cancer at 57, Humphrey Bogart goes out in a blaze of glory in his final film The Harder They Fall, with this 1956 knockout exposé of the fight game, […]

Feb, 15

The Love Bug **** (1968, Dean Jones, David Tomlinson, Michele Lee, Buddy Hackett) – Classic Movie Review 2865

Director Robert Stevenson’s delightful 1968 children’s movie is a highly entertaining, totally endearing Walt Disney classic adventure about cute VW Beetle car Herbie motoring along with a heart and a brain. Clever chaps those German auto […]

Aug, 30

Blow Dry *** (2001, Natasha Richardson, Alan Rickman, Josh Hartnett, Bill Nighy) – Classic Movie Review 1282

Written by Simon Beaufoy, director Paddy Breathnach’s 2001 movie is an often hilarious, outrageous, warm-hearted comedy about the things everyone wants in life – love, happiness and great hair. Beaufoy wrote The Full Monty and […]

Jun, 02

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