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Johnny Stecchino *** (1991, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli) – Classic Movie Review 11,406

Director Roberto Benigni’s popular 1991 Italian comedy Johnny Stecchino stars Roberto Benigni in dual roles and is one of his many collaborations with co-star and wife, Nicoletta Braschi. It was then the highest grossing film […]

Jul, 20

The Double Man ** (1967, Yul Brynner, Britt Ekland, Clive Revill, Anton Diffring, Moira Lister, Lloyd Nolan) – Classic Movie Review 10,182

Director Franklin J Schaffner’s minor 1967 British spy thriller The Double Man stars Yul Brynner in two roles (high-ranking CIA widower Dan Slater and his lookalike enemy agent, Kalmar). A large part of the action […]

Aug, 15

Mad About Men ** (1954, Glynis Johns, Donald Sinden, Anne Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 9367

Director Ralph Thomas’s amiable 1954 Technicolor fantasy comedy Mad about Men again stars Glynis Johns, who revisits her mermaid tale for this sequel to 1948’s hit Miranda, in which flirty mermaid Miranda and stuffy gymnastics teacher […]

Feb, 11

Kissin’ Cousins ** (1964, Elvis Presley, Arthur O’Connell, Glenda Farrell, Jack Albertson, Pam Austin, Yvonne Craig, Donald Woods, Tommy Farrell, Beverly Powers, Robert Stone) – Classic Movie Review 4701

Director/ co-writer Gene Nelson’s 1964 dual role musical has as its main attraction in Elvis Presley sharing 10 songs between two Presleys – one blond, the other dark. But, at the end, the two characters share […]

Nov, 25

The Scapegoat *** (1959, Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Irene Worth, Nicole Maurey, Pamela Brown, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Bull) – Classic Movie Review 2826

Director Robert Hamer’s 1959 British black and white crime mystery thriller movie The Scapegoat offers Alec Guinness the luxury of two roles as a French count called Jacques De Gué, who plans to kills his rich […]

Aug, 18

The Double ** (2013, Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, James Fox, Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Wallace Shawn, Cathy Moriarty, Chris O’Dowd, Rade Serbedzija, Noah Taylor) – Film Review

Jesse Eisenberg stars as timid Simon, a likeable loser enduring an isolated existence in an indifferent world. Simple Simon is an office drone totally overlooked at work, scorned by his mother and ignored by the young woman of […]

Apr, 04

Muppets Most Wanted ** (2014, Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey) – Movie Review

After their successful revival in 2011, Disney’s The Muppets 2 movie is the properly daft tale of a Muppets world tour, a Kermit the Frog lookalike and his dastardly sidekick. Unlikely choice Ricky Gervais stars as Dominic Badguy, […]

Mar, 27

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