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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind *** (2003, Sam Rockwell, George Clooney, Julia Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 1240

Chuck Barris has a notable place in American TV history as the Sixties and Seventies deviser and host of The Dating Game (1965–1986), the original US version of Blind Date, and host of The Gong […]

May, 22

Adaptation **** (2002, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox) – Classic Movie Review 824

Director Spike Jonze’s 2002 comedy drama film Adaptation is a quietly dazzling cult favourite from the maker of Being John Malkovich and Her. There were four Oscar nominations, but there was only one win: Chris […]

Feb, 13

Being John Malkovich **** (1999, John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener) – Classic Movie Review 818

Director Spike Jonze’s wonderfully odd, brilliantly clever, dazzlingly inventive fantasy comedy happily finds John Cusack on his best form. And there’s also the inestimable benefit of John Malkovich (as himself) gamely and brilliantly sending himself […]

Feb, 09

Synecdoche, New York **** (2008, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dianne Wiest) – Classic Movie Review 799

Philip Seymour Hoffman gives a tour-de-force as Caden Cotard, a terminally ill theatre director who struggles with his work and his women. Offered a grant, he decides to turn his life into art, and to […]

Feb, 04

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ***** (2004, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst) – Classic Movie Review 511

My funny Valentine! Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a brilliant art movie in the mainstream. Jim Carrey goes all posh and serious in director Michel Gondry’s clever and dazzling if a shade baffling […]

Dec, 13

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