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Hollywood Story ** (1951, Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark, Jim Backus) – Classic Movie Review 11,392

Director William Castle’s enterprising 1951 black and white whodunnit crime thriller Hollywood Story stars Richard Conte, Julie Adams and Richard Egan. Producer Larry O’Brien (Conte) buys an old movie studio unused since the days of silent […]

Jul, 15

Once Is Not Enough ** (1975, Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen, George Hamilton, Melina Mercouri, Gary Conway, Brenda Vaccaro, Deborah Raffin) – Classic Movie Review 8710

Director Guy Green’s campy 1975 Once Is Not Enough is a bad enough adaptation of Jacqueline Susann’s gossipy, sexy novel, in which struggling old Hollywood mogul Mike Wayne (Kirk Douglas) weds rich Deidre Granger (Alexis Smith) […]

Jul, 15

Plaza Suite *** (1971, Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, Lee Grant) – Classic Movie Review 7.482

Neil Simon adapts his stage hit Plaza Suite but was unhappy with the film, thinking the idea of one actor playing the lead in all three acts didn’t work on screen, and that Walter Matthau […]

Aug, 22

The Cat’s Meow ***½ (2011, Kirsten Dunst, Cary Elwes, Edward Herrmann, Eddie Izzard, Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Tilly) – Classic Movie Review 2643

The Cat’s Meow is the semi-true story of a real Hollywood murder that took place on the yacht of publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst (Edward Herrmann), whose mistress film star Marion Davies (Kirsten Dunst) is […]

Jun, 27

Bowfinger ** (1999, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham) – Classic Movie Review 1896

Director Frank Oz’s 1999 is a rather obvious, tepid comedy look at low-budget film-making that’s already been covered in funnier, cleverer films. Star and screenwriter Steve Martin’s screenplay is silly, unreal and not very funny, while […]

Nov, 28

Swimming with Sharks **** (1994, Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes, Benicio Del Toro, Jerry Levine, T E Russell, Roy Dotrice) – Classic Movie Review 1028

Writer-director George Huang’s dark 1994 black comedy crime psychological drama Swimming with Sharks finds Kevin Spacey playing one of the main sharks swimming in the Hollywood pool in this thrillingly-acted, involving and quite engrossingly written Tinseltown […]

Mar, 31

King Kong ***** (2005, Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell) – Classic Movie Review 412

Fresh from Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson had the chance to pay homage to the 1933 King Kong classic monster movie that he had adored all his life, and gleefully grabbed it with this loving […]

Nov, 16

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