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Daphne **** (2017, Emily Beecham, Geraldine James, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) – Movie Review 

There are laughs, there is drama, there is romance and there is sex, but Daphne is a bit of a tough, gruelling movie. They have certainly taken the fun out of it. However, Emily Beecham is […]

Oct, 01

Goodbye Christopher Robin * (2017, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Will Tilston, Stephen Campbell Moore, Kelly Macdonald) – Movie Review 

Simon Curtis’s real-life biopic drama about children’s author A A Milne and his creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son Christopher Robin Milne means well but it is largely miscalculated, misjudged, mismanaged and a quite frightful […]

Oct, 01

Mother! ** (2017, Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer) – Movie Review

Writer-director Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! starts quite well enough, with an intriguing beginning that promises upmarket mystery and chiller excitement, and then improves a lot when classy performers Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer join the movie and it starts […]

Sep, 16

Psycho III ** (1986, Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey) – Classic Movie Review 5863

Anthony Perkins grabs his chance to direct, as well as star in, this 1986 Psycho second sequel, the reward for agreeing to his third appearance as Norman Bates. The 1983 first sequel Psycho II is a […]

Aug, 06

I Don’t Want to be Born * (1975, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Donald Pleasence, Eileen Atkins) – Classic Movie Review 5858

Director Peter Sasdy’s 1975 horror movie is a classically tatty example of Seventies British schlock cinema. Game for absolutely anything, always, old trouper Joan Collins does her stalwart best in one of the parts she […]

Aug, 05

The Mating Season *** (1951, Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins, Thelma Ritter, Jan Sterling) – Classic Movie Review 5707

Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1951 comedy stars Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins and Thelma Ritter. Irritatingly dull performances from leads Lund and Tierney nearly sink a comedy story of the working-class boy named Val McNulty […]

Jul, 03

I Love You to Death *** (1990, Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright, River Phoenix, William Hurt, Keanu Reeves) – Classic Movie Review 4561

Director Lawrence Kasdan’s intriguing, semi-successful 1990 crime black comedy has a good start in that it boasts a fine ensemble of actors to make it work – Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright, River Phoenix, […]

Oct, 29

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