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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

The Trial *** (1993, Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Jason Robards) – Classic Movie Review 7007

In a clash of the literary titans, Pinteresque meets Kafkaesque to disappointingly little avail in The Trial (1993). But, nevertheless, this is a respectable Harold Pinter-scripted version of the Franz Kafka novel by director David […]

May, 06

Communion *** (1989, Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen) – Classic Movie Review 6,152

The spooky 1989 sci-fi horror film Communion is based on the book by Whitley Strieber, and stars a haunted Christopher Walken as Strieber, facing his alleged real-life encounter with extra-terrestrials.  Director Philippe Mora’s 1989 autobiographical […]

Oct, 29

Dr Cyclops *** (1940, Albert Dekker, Janice Logan, Thomas Coley, Charles Halton, Victor Kilian, Frank Yaconelli) – Classic Movie Review 5916

Director Ernest B Schoedsack’s 1940 Paramount horror movie Dr Cyclops stars Albert Dekker as mad scientist Doctor Thorkel, who cuts travellers to the Amazon down to size – 14 inches actually – in this bonkers […]

Aug, 14

It Comes at Night **** (2017, Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Riley Keough) – Movie Review

‘I think they’re sick. You don’t get it, if they’re sick, then I am too.’ Writer-director Trey Edward Shults’s good but gloomy and depressing horror movie stars Joel Edgerton, who is doing his usual sterling […]

Jul, 08

It’s the Rage [All the Rage] *** (2000, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, David Schwimmer, Robert Forster, Anna Paquin, Josh Brolin, Gary Sinise) – Classic Movie Review 5357

Jeff Daniels stars as Warren Harding who shoots his wife Helen (Joan Allen)’s lover dead in a rage, and later claims that he thought he was killing an intruder to get himself off the hook. […]

Apr, 28

Conflict ** (1945, Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet) – Classic Movie Review 3881

Director Curtis Bernhardt’s 1945 film noir suspense thriller Conflict has its moments but it is one of Humphrey Bogart’s least good and least well-known pictures from his best period. Engineer Richard Mason (Bogart) sends his […]

Jun, 17

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