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Listen Up Philip **** (2014, Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce, Krysten Ritter) – Movie Review
Jason Schwartzman triumphs over a difficult-to-play, unsympathetic role as the angry, arrogant, conceited writer Philip, awaiting the publication of his second novel. His relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley (Elisabeth Moss) is deteriorating, and he refuses […]
The Good Earth **** (1937, Luise Rainer, Paul Muni, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Jessie Ralph) – Classic Movie Review 2025
Director Sidney Franklin’s famous 1937 epic drama scored Luise Rainer her second Best Actress Oscar (after the previous year’s The Great Ziegfeld) and she and Paul Muni earned much deserved praise for their roles as […]
Message in a Bottle *** (1999, Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman) – Classic Movie Review 2021
Director Luis Mandoki turns the novel by Nicholas Sparks (A Walk to Remember, The Notebook) into a fine 1999 movie romance as journalist Theresa Osborne (Robin Wright Penn) finds Garret Blake (Kevin Costner)’s love letter […]
A Life Less Ordinary ** (1997, Cameron Diaz, Ewan McGregor, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm) – Classic Movie Review 1876
Director Danny Boyle’s 1997 movie is an honourable flop this time round from the Trainspotting (1996) production team, commendably trying something bold and adventurous a million miles away from their previous hit, with a modern […]
Only Two Can Play **** (1962, Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell) – Classic Movie Review 1,844
The 1962 British comedy classic Only Two Can Play stars Peter Sellers on his finest comic form as the lecherous librarian John Lewis, in a funny and pleasingly playful film of Kingsley Amis’s novel That […]
Last Orders ***½ (2001, Michael Caine, Ray Winstone, Helen Mirren, Bob Hoskins, David Hemmings, Tom Courtenay) – Classic Movie Review 1363
Writer-director Fred Schepisi bases his touching 2001 film on the acclaimed novel by Graham Swift. Ray, Lenny, Vic and Vince, four long-time old drinking pals travel to Margate to cast the ashes of their buddy, London […]
Croupier **** (1998, Clive Owen, Alex Kingston) – Classic Movie Review 1327
Director Mike Hodges’s neglected but masterly 1998 thriller stars Clive Owen, who is superb as Jack Manfred, a struggling book writer who reluctantly takes a job as a casino croupier to make ends meet on the urging […]