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I Could Go on Singing **** (1963, Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman) – Classic Movie Review 6,728

The often impressive and moving 1963 British drama film I Could Go on Singing memorably pairs Dirk Bogarde with Judy Garland in her last film before her tragic death from an accidental barbiturate overdose in […]

Feb, 24

The Straight Story **** (1999, Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Harry Dean Stanton, Jane Galloway Heitz) – Classic Movie Review 6378

Double Oscar-nominee Richard Farnsworth (1920–2000) is the oldest nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actor at 79 years and 167 days for The Straight Story (1999). At 73, Alvin Straight (Farnsworth) is having a troubled old age […]

Dec, 09

Sextette * (1978, Mae West, Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, Dom DeLuise, Timothy Dalton, George Hamilton, Alice Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 6225

Director Ken Hughes’s 1978 trainwreck of a film is the ludicrous final fling by an 85-year-old Mae West, acting out a story based on her own play about an ageing love goddess called Marlo Manners, […]

Nov, 10

The Brute Man * (1946, Rondo Hatton, Tom Neal, Jane Adams, Jan Wiley, Peter Whitney, Donald MacBride) – Classic Movie Review 3752

The 1946 chiller The Brute Man stars disfigured horror icon Rondo Hatton (in his last film) as the Creeper, a murderer seeking revenge against those he holds responsible for his facial disfigurement in a lab […]

May, 25

Walk, Don’t Run *** (1966, Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton) – Classic Movie Review 3071

Cary Grant bows out from the movies on a sweet but minor note at the age of 62. His final screen role in 1966 is a lightweight but pleasant remake of the 1943 comedy The […]

Nov, 20

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