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Now, Voyager ***** (1942, Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains) – Classic Movie Review 636

Double Oscar-winner Bette Davis stars in one of her most famous roles as plain, over-weight Boston spinster Charlotte Vale, repressed and dominated by her wealthy mother Mrs Henry Vale (Gladys Cooper). Paying the proverbial ugly […]

Jan, 06

10 Things I Hate About You **** (1999, Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – Classic Movie Review 625

The 18-year-old Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Cameron James, a new student at Padua High, who soon spots Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik), a beautiful sophomore with one problem: her dad (Larry Miller) won’t allow her to date. […]

Jan, 04

I Know Where I’m Going! **** (1945, Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney) – Classic Movie Review 618

Writer-producer-director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s typically idiosyncratic 1945 romantic comedy is simply enchanting. The film boasts irresistible acting from the great cast of some of Britain’s most reliable performers of the day, a lovely screenplay with […]

Jan, 03

Vanilla Sky *** (2001, Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell) – Classic Movie Review 613

Tom Cruise’s fans are in for a bit of a shock. He’s disfigured and masked for much of this arty, romantic 2001 mystery movie that’s just as posh and smart but even duller than his […]

Jan, 02

Elizabethtown **** (2005, Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Paul Schneider, Jessica Biel, Judy Greer) – Classic Movie Review 611

Writer-director Cameron Crowe’s 2005 film is another warm-hearted, deliciously quirky treat from the maker of Jerry Maguire. Orlando Bloom stars as a shoe designer called Drew Baylor, who decides to commit suicide after being responsible […]

Jan, 02

A Matter of Life and Death [Stairway to Heaven] ***** (1946, David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey ) – Classic Movie Review 604

‘This is a story of two worlds the one we know and another which exists only in the mind of a young airman whose life and imagination have been violently shaped by war. Any resemblance to […]

Dec, 31

Daredevil **** (2003, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jon Favreau) – Classic Movie Review 546

In 2003’s superhero comic-book action thriller written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson, Ben Affleck looks suitably heroic if admittedly a bit shifty in a red leather suit as the Stan Lee screen superhero Daredevil […]

Dec, 19

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