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Pocketful of Miracles *** (1961, Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O’Connell, Peter Falk, Thomas Mitchell, Ann-Margret) – Classic Movie Review 2744

For his final movie Pocketful of Miracles in 1961, director Frank Capra remakes his 1933 hit Lady for a Day, this time casting Glenn Ford as superstitious bootlegger mobster Dave the Dude and Bette Davis as […]

Jul, 27

The Great Race ***** (1965, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O’Connell) – Classic Movie Review 2737

Director Blake Edwards re-teams the brilliant Some Like It Hot stars Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as The Great Race’s moustachioed villain and handsome white-suited hero, who fight it out on the road from New […]

Jul, 24

Faraway, So Close! [In Weiter Ferne, so Nah!] **** (1993, Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk, Nastassja Kinski) – Classic Movie Review 2323

In the fascinating and undervalued 1993 sequel to his 1987 international arthouse success Wings of Desire, co-writer-director Wim Wenders revisits a totally changed Berlin as he reunites with his stars Bruno Ganz and Otto Sander, who […]

Mar, 28

Shark Tale *** (voice of Will Smith, Robert De Niro) – Classic Movie Review 1556

Will Smith voices Oscar, a young little fish working as a whale cleaner, in this pacey and amusing Oscar-nominated 2005 animated feature from DreamWorks Animation, the makers of Antz and Shrek. But Oscar is involved in the […]

Aug, 16

The Princess Bride **** (1987, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal) – Classic Movie Review 1537

Director Rob Reiner’s 1987 fairy tale movie is a perennial pleasure. The story is narrated by Peter Falk’s kindly grandfather, who reads his sick grandson (Fred Savage) a classic fairy tale, with heroes and villains, a poor stable boy, a […]

Aug, 11

Wings of Desire [Der Himmel über Berlin] ***** (1987, Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk) – Classic Movie Review 104

Following up his 1984 international art-house hit Paris, Texas, German director Wim Wenders’s Wings of Desire [Der Himmel über Berlin] is an acclaimed essay on modern-day spirituality, observing the inhabitants’ failings and painstaking progress in […]

Jul, 29

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