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Ready or Not (2019, Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell, Melanie Scrofano) – Movie Review

Ready or not for Ready or Not? No, really not, so not. Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s 2019 lethal game horror movie Ready or Not is cheap and tawdry, bloody and disgusting, reaching a […]

Sep, 26

You Can’t Take It with You ***** (1938, Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, Spring Byington, Mischa Auer, Ann Miller) – Classic Movie Review 8649

Director Frank Capra’s 1938 romantic comedy drama You Can’t Take It with You is a joyous version of the supremely witty Pulitzer Prize-winning George F Kaufman and Moss Hart play about Martin Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore)’s […]

Jun, 28

Boudu Sauvé des Eaux [Boudu Saved from Drowning] ***** (1932, Michel Simon, Charles Grandval, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska) – Classic Movie Review 8627

Writer-director Jean Renoir’s famed 1932 French classic Boudu Sauvé des Eaux [Boudu Saved from Drowning] tells a story about the grubby tramp (Michel Simon) who has lost his dog and didn’t want to be saved […]

Jun, 22

I Capture the Castle ** (2002, Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Bill Nighy, Tara Fitzgerald, Henry Cavill, Henry Thomas, Marc Blucas) – Classic Movie Review 3009

Alas, Dodie Smith’s distinguished novel makes a disappointing, bloodless love story and coming-of-age movie, set in England in the Thirties. Romola Garai stars as young gel, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, in and out of love against […]

Oct, 24

My Life So Far **½ (1999, Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Malcolm McDowell, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Irène Jacob, Robert Norman, Tchéky Karyo) – Classic Movie Review 1270

In 1999 Hugh Hudson directed My Life So Far, a bittersweet film that covers the start of a boy’s life during the early 20th century. Colin Firth gives a typically attractive star turn as the […]

May, 31

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