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Footloose **** (1984, Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Lori Singer) – Classic Movie Review 1497

Director Herbert Ross’s 1984 musical-drama movie Footloose has proved an enduring classic. It stars the 26-year-old Kevin Bacon at his young peak in the Eighties in one of his most fondly remembered roles as Ren McCormack, an upbeat, […]

Jul, 30

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

Bullets over Broadway ***** (1994, John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly) – Classic Movie Review 347

This glittering old-style comedy from an on-form writer-director Woody Allen dazzled us in 1994. Unfortunately he doesn’t appear this time, but he’s ensured that a great ensemble cast does. The story takes place in 1920s […]

Nov, 01

Edward Scissorhands ***** (1990, Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest) – Classic Movie Review 102

A sadly frail Vincent Price puts in his final film appearance as an old inventor, living in a hilltop castle, who creates a creature for a son. As usual in the movies, the experiment doesn’t […]

Jul, 28

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