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Jingle All the Way *** (1996, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Jake Lloyd) – Classic Movie Review 575

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1996 Christmas present film Jingle All the Way is an agreeable seasonal action comedy that just about jingles enough bells. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1996 Christmas present Jingle All the Way is an agreeable seasonal action comedy […]

Dec, 24

This Sweet Sickness [Dites-lui que je l’aime] **** (1977, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Claude Piéplu, Dominique Laffin) – Classic Movie Review 188

Gérard Depardieu stars as a dangerously disturbed young accountant in the 1977 French psychological thriller This Sweet Sickness [Dites-lui que je l’aime], a mesmerising study in obsession, sickness and despair adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s novel. […]

Aug, 25

The Whales of August ***** (1987, Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern) – Classic Movie Review 125

An incredibly sprightly 94-year-old Lillian Gish (who held the record as the oldest actor in a leading role), Bette Davis (aged 79) and Vincent Price (76) are wonderful in this exquisitely lovely, beautifully moving 1987 […]

Aug, 03

Rear Window ***** (1954, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr) – Classic Movie Review 49

The incredibly engrossing and enjoyable 1954 thriller Rear Window is an absolutely top-notch suspense masterwork from Alfred Hitchcock. Based on Cornell Woolrich’s novel, and adding a love story for the hero and a wealth of […]

Jul, 14

The Great Gatsby *** (2013, Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton) – Movie Review

F Scott Fitzgerald’s delicate, wispy, thin little thing of a novel, The Great Gatsby has become a ridiculously overblown movie, all fake-looking CGI, nervous performances, restless direction and jittery fast cutting. With enough story for […]

May, 19

Neighbouring Sounds [O Som ao Redor] **** (2012, Ana Rita Gurgel, Caio Almeida, Maeve Jinkings) – Movie Review

Both in scale and running time this is a truly epic, anxiety-propelled thriller from Brazil, set in its rundown metropolis of Recife, in a street where some rich folks are carefully guarding their nice properties […]

Mar, 20

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