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Same Time, Next Year *** (1978, Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn) – Classic Movie Review 11,475

The 1978 American romantic comedy drama film Same Time, Next Year stars Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn, and is based on Bernard Slade’s hit 1975 Broadway play. Director Robert Mulligan’s 1978 American romantic comedy-drama film […]

Aug, 13

My Dinner with Andre **** (1981, Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler) – Classic Movie Review 11,260

Director Louis Malle’s 1981 scripted documentary My Dinner with Andre is a tour de force by writer/stars Wallace Shawn (the actor/ playwright) and Andre Gregory (the theatre director) as the two old friends having a […]

Jun, 02

Ali Baba et les 40 Voleurs [Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves] *** (1954, Fernandel, Samia Gamal, Dieter Borsche, Henri Vilbert) – Classic Movie Review 8674

Director Jacques Becker’s 1954 Eastmancolor French comedy fantasy romance film Ali Baba et les 40 Voleurs [Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves] stars lovely old Fernandel, who is inspired casting as Ali Baba. His rich oriental […]

Jul, 04

The Blue Lagoon *** (1949, Jean Simmons, Donald Houston, Susan Stranks, Peter Rudolph Jones, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, James Hayter) – Classic Movie Review 7422

Following a 1923 silent, director Frank Launder’s 1949 The Blue Lagoon is the original Forties film version of Henry De Vere Stacpoole’s novel about a boy and girl, marooned on a desert island, who grow […]

Aug, 10

Twice Two ** (1933, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Baldwin Cooke) – Classic Movie Review 7369

Director James Parrott’s 1933 20-minute short Twice Two finds Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy playing both themselves and, creepily but hilariously, each other’s wives. It is a year since Stan married Ollie’s sister and Ollie […]

Jul, 29

Dodsworth **** (1936, Walter Huston, Mary Astor, Ruth Chatterton, David Niven, Paul Lukas) – Classic Movie Review 6428

Walter Huston, Mary Astor, Ruth Chatterton, David Niven and Paul Lukas star in director William Wyler’s heartwarming, life-affirming 1936 film from producer Samuel Goldwyn. Production designer Richard Day won an Oscar for Best Art Direction, and […]

Dec, 19

The Last Supper *** (1995, Cameron Diaz, Courtney B Vance, Charles Durning, Ron Perlman, Annabeth Gish, Bill Paxton) – Classic Movie Review 6411

Director Stacy Title’s edgy and awkward 1995 political black comedy thriller stars Cameron Diaz, Courtney B Vance, Charles Durning, Ron Perlman, Annabeth Gish and Bill Paxton. The screenplay is by Dan Rosen, in which a […]

Dec, 15

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