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Oliver & Company ** (1988, voices of Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin) – Classic Movie Review 8185

Director George Scribner’s 1988 animated feature Oliver & Company is colourful children’s entertainment as Oliver Twist is transplanted to America and ‘doggyfied’ in this animated Walt Disney tale of cute canines making mischief in New […]

Mar, 02

Dogman **** (2018, Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano, Adamo Dionisi) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Matteo Garrone’s 2018 Italian neo-realist relationships drama, crime movie and revenge thriller Dogman has a simmering and then scalding impact. It comes from the director of the 2008 Gomorrah. Dogman is one heck of a strong, hard and […]

Dec, 10

Storm in a Teacup **** (1937, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Cecil Parker) – Classic Movie Review 7807

Rex Harrison, Cecil Parker and a young Vivien Leigh kick up a storm over an old Scots lady and a dog licence, in directors Ian Dalrymple and Victor Saville’s 1937 British clever canine caper Storm […]

Nov, 19

They All Laughed ** (1981, Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, John Ritter, Patti Hansen, Dorothy Stratten, Colleen Camp, Elizabeth Peña) – Classic Movie Review 7792

They All Laughed is a brave, possibly foolhardy title for Peter Bogdanovich’s 1982 screwball romantic comedy, in which there are bubbles in the madcap caper but they largely fall flat. The tale of New York private […]

Nov, 15

The Sheepman *** (1958, Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Nielsen) – Classic Movie Review 7630

Director George Marshall’s 1958 Western The Sheepman, based on a story by James Edward Grant, William Roberts, is well done all round. Glenn Ford stars as Jason Sweet, a stranger who comes to town to […]

Oct, 01

Laughing Gravy **** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard) – Classic Movie Review 7523

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy evict their dog, Laughing Gravy, when their mean, dog-hating landlord (Charlie Hall) finds him and then spend the rest of the freezing night looking for him. The boys come up with […]

Aug, 31

Topper Takes a Trip **** (1938, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray) – Classic Movie Review 7204

Roland Young returns for director Norman Z McLeod’s polished and highly amusing 1938 Topper Takes a Trip, the sequel to the 1937 supernatural fantasy comedy Topper, as haunted banker Cosmo P Topper, who goes to […]

Jun, 21

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