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Two Weeks Notice *** (2002, Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant) – Classic Movie Review 1605

Writer-director Marc Lawrence’s 2002 romcom finds an excellent star pair in Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant, who go through their deliciously familiar acts as a daffy liberal lawyer and the floppy-haired property developer who hires […]

Aug, 30

Addicted to Love *** (1997, Matthew Broderick, Meg Ryan, Kelly Preston) – Classic Movie Review 1603

Director Griffin Dunne’s 1997 comedy stars Matthew Broderick as Sam, who follows his errant girlfriend Linda (Kelly Preston) to New York, where he’s understandably upset to find her in bed with Frenchman Anton (Tcheky Karyo), […]

Aug, 30

Rocco and His Brothers [Rocco e i suoi fratelli] ***** (1960, Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou, Claudia Cardinale) – Classic Movie Review 1,588

The magnificent 1960 Italian classic film Rocco and His Brothers [Rocco e i suoi fratelli] is a triumph for director Luchino Visconti, with electrifying performances from Alain Delon as Rocco and Renato Salvatori as his […]

Aug, 25

Wilde **** (1997, Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Tom Wilkinson) – Classic Movie Review 1586

Director Brian Gilbert’s 1997 biopic is another attempt to tell the Oscar Wilde story, but with the candour available to 90s film-makers, unlike the 60s makers of The Trials of Oscar Wilde (with Peter Finch) and […]

Aug, 24

Nine Months *** (1995, Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore) – Classic Movie Review 1575

Writer-director Chris Columbus’s interesting if uneasy 1995 comedy is based on the 1994 French hit Neuf Mois, written by Patrick Braoudé. Hugh Grant stars as Samuel Faulkner, a commitment-phobic man who fears that his idyllic […]

Aug, 22

Metroland *** (1997, Christian Bale, Emily Watson) – Classic Movie Review 1567

Director Philip Savile’s 1997 British drama is a really conscientious and interesting version of the weird Julian Barnes novel, set in the 1970s. Christian Bale is excellent as Chris, a married Englishman who must choose […]

Aug, 18

All the Real Girls *** (2003, Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel) – Classic Movie Review 1551

Paul Schneider stars as promiscuous Paul, a famed womaniser who falls for his best friend Tip’s virginal younger sister, Noel (Zooey Deschanel). He’s had sex with virtually every girl in his small Southern American town. […]

Aug, 16

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