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Big Business *** (1988, Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward) – Classic Movie Review 9828

‘Two’s company. Four’s a riot.’ An amusing screenplay and winning performances by brassy Bette Midler and subtle Lily Tomlin as two sets of identical twins ensured big business for Big Business (1988), this funny screwball […]

May, 27

Dead Ringers **** (1988, Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske) – Classic Movie Review 7233

‘Two bodies. Two minds. One soul.’ Jeremy Irons is brilliant as exact lookalike identical twin gynecologists Beverly Mantle and Elliot Mantle, whose relationship starts to crumble over a woman, actress Claire Niveau (Geneviève Bujold), who comes to […]

Jun, 29

Among the Living **** (1941, Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Frances Farmer, Harry Carey Sr, Gordon Jones) – Classic Movie Review 7224

‘What horrible fascination did this monster have for women?’ Director Stuart Heisler’s 1941 Paramount Pictures black and white thriller Among the Living is a pleasurably different film noir suspense double-bill programme filler about Jekyll and […]

Jun, 26

L’amant double [Double Lover] ** (2017, Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset) – Movie Review

François Ozon’s L’amant double [Double Lover] ** (2017) is a stylish, bold, provocative and intriguing Dead Ringer-style erotic sex thriller, with two brave actors (Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier) working desperately hard. But it is a long […]

Jun, 01

Legend *** (2015, Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton) – Movie Review

Legend offers Tom Hardy an eagerly and exuberantly taken chance for a bravura star turn in twin roles as 1960s identical twin East End gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray (‘We’re talking about being gangsters, that’s […]

Sep, 09

A Stolen Life *** (1946, Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Walter Brennan, Charles Ruggles, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Bruce Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 2703

Bette Davis impresses in this tale of an unhappy wife who swaps places with her deceased identical sister, drowned in a boat accident, in order to be free of her husband and close to the […]

Jul, 26

The Man in the Iron Mask **** (1977, Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan) – Classic Movie Review 2320

The dashing Richard Chamberlain swashes a fine buckle in director Mike Newell’s rousing 1977 British TV movie remake of the Alexandre Dumas père classic. It was released in cinemas in a number of countries, including Denmark, Hungary, East Germany […]

Mar, 28

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