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Hail the Conquering Hero ***** (1944, Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn, Franklin Pangborn, Bill Edwards) – Classic Movie Review 2623

Writer-producer director Preston Sturges is seen here in 1944 on his finest satirical comedy drama form in one of his best movies. Sturges said that of all his films, it was ‘the one with the least […]

Jun, 21

Liar, Liar *** (1997, Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 2312

Director Tom Shadyac’s 1997 comedy provides a vehicle for one of the biggest hits of Jim Carrey, who enjoys himself in an ideal, tailor-made role as Fletcher Reede, a sycophantic, smooth-talking divorce attorney whose talent […]

Mar, 25

Short Cuts ***** (1993, Andie MacDowell, Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins, Jack Lemmon) – Classic Movie Review 2123

Writer-director Robert Altman’s masterly 1993 take on Los Angeles, re-created from nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver, is an ambitious and extraordinary creation. The meeting of two American cult masters is fully the momentous movie occasion […]

Jan, 28

Domestic Disturbance ** (2001, John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Steve Buscemi, Teri Polo) – Classic Movie Review 1511

It’s dad (John Travolta) to the rescue when a 12-year-old boy (Matt O’Leary)’s mom (Teri Polo) remarries and the kid is terrified by the stepfather-from-hell (Vince Vaughn). All too soon it turns out the Vaughn […]

Aug, 03

Before and After *** (Liam Neeson, Meryl Streep, Edward Furlong) – Classic Movie Review 1468

Director Barbet Schroeder’s 1996 fast-paced dramatic thriller stars Liam Neeson as a well-respected American father who fights with his wife (Meryl Streep) and daughter (Julia Weldon) when their teenage son, New England boy Jacob (Edward Furlong), […]

Jul, 25

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997, Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow) – Classic Film Review 1094

Ideally paired Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow are hilarious as Romy White and Michele Weinberger who tell porkies and land in heaps of difficulty at their 10-year high school reunion in director David Mirkin’s zesty, […]

Apr, 15

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