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Swiss Family Robinson *** (1940, Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best, Freddie Bartholomew, Tim Holt, Terry Kilburn) – Classic Movie Review 6938

Director Edward Ludwig’s 1940 adventure movie Swiss Family Robinson stars Thomas Mitchell, who is excellent as William Robinson, the patriarch of the Robinson family, shipwrecked on their way to Australia and stranded on a desert […]

Apr, 17

Golden Balls [Huevos de Oro] **** (1993, Javier Bardem, Elisa Tovati, Maribel Verdú, Maria de Medeiros, Raquel Bianca, Alessandro Gassman, Benicio Del Toro) – Classic Movie Review 6195

Co-writer/ director Bigas Luna’s 1993 Spanish movie is a successful black comedy melodrama in his follow-up to his hit Jamón, Jamón (1992). But it is even more consistently successful and confident than Jamón, Jamón, and […]

Nov, 06

Life as a House *** (2002, Hayden Christensen, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 1898

Director Irwin Winkler’s 2002 drama stars Kevin Kline as George Monroe, a lonely, middle-aged Southern California coast divorcee. He is living alone, apart from his dog, and has been working in a hated job as an […]

Nov, 28

The Bridge on the River Kwai ***** (1957, Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa) – Classic Movie Review 1396

Director David Lean’s 1957 dramatisation of Pierre Boulle’s 1952 French novel about the building of a Burma railway bridge under Japanese coercion by British prisoners-of-war is an enduring, magnificent achievement. It won seven Academy Awards, […]

Jul, 05

Multiplicity *** (1996, Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur, Eugene Levy, Ann Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 1114

In co-writer/ director Harold Ramis’s thoroughly entertaining 1996 movie, Michael Keaton stars as Doug Kinney, an LA construction worker who never has enough time for the things he wants to do but finds a neat solution to […]

Apr, 19

Nobody’s Fool **** (1994, Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy) – Classic Movie Review 872

Writer-director Robert Benton’s small but perfectly formed 1994 film Nobody’s Fool landed Paul Newman with a deserved Best Actor Oscar nomination for his sterling turn as Sully Sullivan, an ageing small-town construction worker who has a […]

Mar, 06

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