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Green Book **** (2018, Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini) – Movie Review

Director Peter Farrelly’s 2018 biographical comedy drama Green Book is a whole load of fun, hugely entertaining and enjoyable, with lots of laughs, some broad, some more subtle and some wicked, though it occasionally seems […]

Dec, 10

Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? ** (1971, Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Harris, Jack Warden) – Classic Movie Review 7481

Director Ulu Grosbard’s 1971 comedy Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? earned an Oscar nomination for Barbara Harris as Best Actress in a Supporting Role. It was […]

Aug, 22

You’re Darn Tootin’ [The Music Blasters] **** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wilson Benge) – Classic Movie Review 7399

Ollie, French horn player: ‘I wouldn’t mind training a seal or an elephant, but you’re hopeless!’ Director Edgar Kennedy’s 1928 short subject film You’re Darn Tootin’ [The Music Blasters] is one of Stan Laurel and […]

Aug, 04

The Constant Nymph **** (1943, Charles Boyer Joan Fontaine, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn, Dame May Whitty, Peter Lorre, Eduardo Ciannelli, Brenda Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 6810

Director Edmund Goulding’s 1943 Hollywood version of Margaret Kennedy’s bestselling novel and play (with Basil Dean) is the third movie of the piece, originally filmed in GB in 1928 with Ivor Novello and Mabel Poulton, […]

Mar, 16

Renaldo and Clara *** (1978, Bob Dylan, Sara Dylan, Joan Baez) – Classic Movie Review 6336

‘A Film by BOB DYLAN.’ Bob Dylan is Renaldo and Sara Dylan (Mrs Dylan) is Clara, Ronnie Hawkins is Bob Dylan and Ronee Blakley is Mrs Bob Dylan in director Bob Dylan’s odd 1978 epic […]

Nov, 29

That’s Entertainment! ***** (1974, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 6294

Writer-director Jack Haley Jnr’s 1974 film is a golden celebration of MGM’s wonderful musicals in 50 years of its movies, made to celebrate the studio’s golden jubilee. It was ironically MGM’s biggest hit for many […]

Nov, 23

That’s Entertainment! III **** (1994, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Ann Miller, Lena Horne, Debbie Reynolds, Esther Williams, June Allyson, Howard Keel, Mickey Rooney) – Classic Movie Review 6293

Even if all the best clips are already used up in Parts 1 and 2, writer-directors Bud Friedgen and Michael J Sheridan’s 1994 movie is a still delightfully entertaining second sequel, mixing rare out-takes, backstage […]

Nov, 23

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