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The Last of Sheila **** (1973, Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, Ian McShane, Raquel Welch, James Mason) – Classic Movie Review 8099

A fine near all-star cast enlivens producer-director Herbert Ross’s elegant 1973 satirical murder mystery The Last of Sheila, ingeniously written, unexpectedly, by mystery buffs Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins, who set loose a barrage of […]

Feb, 06

Easy Money ** (1983, Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald) – Classic Movie Review 8030

Director James Signorelli’s 1983 comedy Easy Money stars Rodney Dangerfield as Monty Capuletti, a grotesquely self-indulgent child portraitist who is left a huge inheritance by his immensely rich mother-in-law Mrs Monahan (Geraldine Fitzgerald) if he […]

Jan, 18

Things Change **** (1988, Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, J J Johnston, Ricky Jay) – Classic Movie Review 7831

Director David Mamet’s 1988 crime comedy drama Things Change is his intelligent and literate follow-up to his 1987 debut as director, House of Games. It is written by Mamet and Shel Silverstein. It is a strangely old-fashioned gangster […]

Nov, 25

Play It As It Lays ** (1972, Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Tammy Grimes, Adam Roarke) – Classic Movie Review 7,795

Frank Perry’s 1972 interesting and sincere but depressing drama film Play It As It Lays is based on Joan Didion’s novel, and stars Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld and Tammy Grimes. Director Frank Perry’s 1972 interesting […]

Nov, 16

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis [Il giardino dei Finzi Contini] ***** (1970, Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger, Fabio Testi, Romolo Valli) – Classic Movie Review 7,710

The 1970 Oscar-winning Italian drama film The Garden of Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi Contini) is a marvellous late return to form for director Vittorio De Sica, who revisits the period of his youth to […]

Oct, 28

The Devil’s Brother [Fra Diavolo] **** (1933, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dennis King) – Classic Movie Review 7365

Directors Hal Roach and Charles [Charley] Rogers’s 1933 comedy The Devil’s Brother [Fra Diavolo] is Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s first and perhaps best operetta send-up (in this case of Daniel F Auber’s 1830 comic […]

Jul, 29

Pollyanna **** (1960, Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Richard Egan, Karl Malden, Nancy Olson, Adolphe Menjou, Donald Crisp, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 7356

Writer-director David Swift’s 1960 children’s movie Pollyanna is Hayley Mills’s first film for Walt Disney, playing the title’s ever-optimistic Pollyanna, a tween girl who goes to live with her intimidating aunt Polly (Jane Wyman) and […]

Jul, 27

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