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Cinderella Liberty **** (1974, James Caan, Marsha Mason, Eli Wallach, Kirk Calloway, Burt Young, Bruno Kirby, Dabney Coleman, Sally Kirkland, Allan Arbus) – Classic Movie Review 4496

Director Mark Rydell’s 1974 movie Cinderella Liberty stars James Caan as warm-natured lonely US Navy sailor John Baggs Jr, who is enjoying an extended liberty pass of leave in Seattle after his service records are […]

Oct, 20

The Owl and the Pussycat **** (1970, Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein, Allen Garfield, Buck Henry) – Classic Movie Review 2799

Barbra Streisand and George Segal are happily teamed and on their finest powerhouse comic form in director Herbert Ross’s hilarious 1970 comedy. Streisand stars as a New York hooker called Doris and Segal plays her new, bookseller neighbour, […]

Aug, 11

For Pete’s Sake *** (1974, Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons) – Classic Movie Review 2266

Director Peter Yates’s frothy 1974 comedy is one of Barbra Streisand’s least substantial movies but it’s still likeable, light-hearted and fun. It pairs her with the equally likeable, light-weight Michael Sarrazin. Then and now, there’s […]

Mar, 14

Kiss of the Dragon *** (2001, Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo, Bert Kwouk) – Classic Movie Review 2202

A Chinese intelligence officer is sent to Paris to help the French vice squad apprehend a Chinese drug lord and his unknown French connection. But it’s only a matter of hours before the intelligence officer is […]

Feb, 22

Mighty Aphrodite **** (1995, Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter) – Classic Movie Review 1798

As usual with Woody Allen, art mirrors life in his mighty amusing 1995 comedy about an ageing sports writer Lenny (Allen), married to the much younger Amanda (Helena Bonham Carter), who looks for the real […]

Nov, 03

Hard Eight **** (1996, Philip Baker Hall, John C Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 316

Suspense, wit, atmosphere, sudden death and fine character study are the name of the game in writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s superb, stylish, hard-nosed 1996 thriller Hard Eight. Anderson’s feature debut is graced with the performance […]

Oct, 23

Eyes Wide Shut **** (1999, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack) – Classic Movie Review 269

It’s 1999, and, when the screen’s then most famous married couple, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, teams up with one of the great film directors – Stanley Kubrick – you expect sparks to fly or […]

Oct, 05

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