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Anything for Her [Pour elle] **** (2008, Vincent Lindon, Diane Kruger, Lancelot Roch) – Classic Movie Review 3837

Bit by bit German star Diane Kruger has overcome her casting as just another pretty face as Helen in Troy back in 2004. Though her international breakthrough didn’t happen, she is still in the game, […]

Jun, 11

The Proposal *** (2009, Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Denis O’Hare, Craig T Nelson, Betty White) – Classic Movie Review 3833

It’s a stretch to believe in Sandra Bullock as a bitchy, pushy, control-freak boss – but that’s what she’s playing in director Anne Fletcher’s otherwise typical 2009 Sandra romcom. That is so obviously the fake Sandra that […]

Jun, 10

Life or Something Like It ** (2002, Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Christian Kane, James Gammon, Melissa Errico, Stockard Channing) – Classic Movie Review 3027

Director Stephen Herek’s 2002 romantic comedy drama is a plush, well-acted but largely dreary heart-tugger, in which Angelina Jolie plays Seattle TV news reporter Lanie Kerrigan who interviews a psychic homeless man (Tony Shalhoub) about […]

Nov, 02

Une Belle Fille Comme Moi [Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me] ** (1972, Bernadette Lafont, André Dussollier, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand, Philippe Lèotard, Anne Kreis) – Classic Movie Review 3013

Co-writer/director François Truffaut’s 12th film from 1972 is a comfortable and familiar-feeling black comedy but it is not at all compelling or distinguished. It stars Bernadette Lafont, the lead of his very first film, Les Mistons, […]

Oct, 28

The Emperor’s New Clothes *** (2015, Russell Brand) – Movie Review

Perhaps atoning for the Andrew Sachs scandal, Russell Brand does a full Michael Moore, taking to the streets, banks, schools and houses, and thoroughly enjoying a 100-minute rant against bankers and Conservatives in this nimble feature […]

Apr, 22

Sex, Lies, and Videotape **** (1989, James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo) – Classic Movie Review 2137

Writer/director Steven Soderbergh’s celebrated 1989 indie drama is his highly promising film debut that set him off on a brilliant career. It won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making the then-26-year-old Soderbergh […]

Jan, 31

Shallow Grave **** (1994, Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor) – Classic Movie Review 1059

Danny Boyle’s cinema directorial debut Shallow Grave finds shy chartered accountant David (Christopher Eccleston) losing his mind and making the attic his home and surveillance place. He bores holes in the attic floor to spy […]

Apr, 05

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