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A Bigger Splash **** (1973, David Hockney, Peter Schlesinger, Celia Birtwell) – Classic Movie Review 9509

Director Jack Hazan’s 1974 A Bigger Splash is a fascinating and insightful, though chaotically assembled semi-fictionalized documentary drama biopic on the life of the British painter David Hockney and the story behind one of his […]

Mar, 15

The Bed Sitting Room *** (1969, Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook) – Classic Movie Review 9506

The public of the day was more mystified than amused by director Richard Lester’s 1969 The Bed Sitting Room, but it does entertain sporadically and sustain a level of interest when viewed now on TV. […]

Mar, 15

Maytime in Mayfair * (1949, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Peter Graves) – Classic Movie Review 9454

Director Herbert Wilcox’s 1949 romantic musical Maytime in Mayfair is the empty-headed Technicolor sequel to the hugely successful 1948 Spring in Park Lane, though it sees the welcome return of Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Nicholas […]

Mar, 02

The Personal History of David Copperfield ** (2019, Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw) – Movie Review

Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie run away with the acting honours in co-writer / director Armando Iannucci’s misguided reimagining of the Charles Dickens classic novel as a raucous romp, with Dev Patel working hard, earnestly […]

Feb, 20

Girl in the Headlines [The Model Murder Case] *** (1963, Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Margaret Johnston, Jeremy Brett, Jane Asher) – Classic Movie Review 9334

Who killed Ursula Gray? Director Michael Truman’s 1963 British noir mystery thriller Girl in the Headlines [The Model Murder Case] stars Ian Hendry and Ronald Fraser, who make an appealing pair of investigators as Inspector […]

Feb, 02

Diamonds on Wheels *** (1973, Peter Firth, Patrick Allen, George Sewell, Derek Newark) – Classic Movie Review 9317

The young Peter Firth, then star of Equus on stage, took on a very different role as Bobby Stewart, a boy who restores a sports car –  a late Forties red MG TC – that […]

Jan, 29

The Courier ** (2019, Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Dermot Mulroney, William Moseley, Amit Shah) – Movie Review

Olga Kurylenko and Amit Shah form a good double act as leather biker messenger chick The Courier and innocent bystander Nick Murch, who get much more than they bargained for when she finds one of […]

Dec, 16

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