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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

Sweet Dreams [Fai bei sogni] **** (2016, Valerio Mastandrea, Bérénice Bejo, Guido Caprino, Emmanuelle Devos) – Movie Review

The 76-year Italian director Marco Bellocchio marches triumphantly on with this haunting reflection on childhood and the Mother, Mama. As we know, Italian men believe that all women are whores, except their own mother, who is a saint.  […]

Oct, 04

Our Mother’s House **** (1967, Dirk Bogarde, Yootha Joyce, Margaret Brooks, Mark Lester, Pamela Franklin, Yootha Joyce, Anthony Nicholls, Phoebe Nicholls) – Classic Movie Review 4198

The 1967 British thriller drama film Our Mother’s House about seven children who hide the death of their deeply religious mother by burying her body in the garden of their dilapidated suburban Victorian home is […]

Aug, 19

Up the Sandbox *** (1972, Barbra Streisand, David Selby, Ariane Heller, Stockard Channing, Paul Dooley, Anne Ramsey) – Classic Movie Review 4,074

The awkward but ambitious 1972 comedy-drama film Up the Sandbox stars Barbra Streisand as a pregnant New Yorker, who feels bored with her life and neglected by her husband (David Selby), and takes to fantasising, […]

Jul, 24

The Silence [Tystnaden] ***** (1963, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Jörgen Lindström, Birger Malmsten) – Classic Movie Review 3932

Writer-director Ingmar Bergman’s provocative 1963 Swedish classic challenged the censor at the time for being sexually explicit. In the UK, the chief censor was in holiday when the film was approved. The controversy over the film resulted […]

Jun, 29

Mother’s Day ** (2016, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts, Jason Sudeikis, Timothy Olyphant, Britt Robertson, Jack Whitehall) – Movie Review

Romcom superstars Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Julia Roberts do their best to spark up – and warm up – a tepid, underwhelming multi-drama set in the week leading up to Mother’s Day. Director Garry Marshall’s third all-star […]

Jun, 12

Me, Natalie **** (1969, Patty Duke, James Farentino, Martin Balsam, Elsa Lanchester, Salome Jens, Nancy Marchand, Al Pacino) – Classic Movie Review 3511

Young Patty Duke won the Golden Globe 1970 as Best Actress – Comedy or Musical for her performance in this independent film, though unfortunately it was a box-office flop. It was her second Golden Globe Award after winning Most Promising […]

Apr, 01

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