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The Midnight Patrol *** (1933, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Bob Kortman, Charlie Hall, Walter Plinge) – Classic Movie Review 10,037

Director Lloyd French’s 1933 20-minute comedy short The Midnight Patrol stars Stan Laurel and Hardy as radio patrol car cops. Now what police force in the world would take on Stan and Ollie? The stars […]

Jul, 14

Betsy’s Wedding **** (1990, Alan Alda, Molly Ringwald, Joey Bishop) – Classic Movie Review 9916

The sweet 1990 comedy Betsy’s Wedding is a tour-de-force for Alan Alda. Alda writes, directs and stars in this warm and funny comedy about a man who will do anything to give his kooky daughter […]

Jun, 15

21 Bridges ** (2019, Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, J K Simmons, Stephan James, Taylor Kitsch, Keith David) – Movie Review

Chadwick Boseman stars in director Brian Kirk’s run-of-the-mill crime thriller 21 Bridges as gun-happy NYPD detective Andre Davis, who leads the Manhattan manhunt for a pair of cop killer robbers (Stephan James, Taylor Kitsch), after […]

Dec, 01

The Dead Don’t Die *** (2019, Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tom Waits, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover) – Movie Review

Writer-director Jim Jarmusch’s cool zombie comedy The Dead Don’t Die (2019) is consistently amusing throughout, with a whole lot of laughs and chortles. It is the knowing comedy of irrelevance, sarcasm, throwaway lines, absurdities and […]

Jul, 14

The Card [The Promoter] *** (1952, Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Petula Clark, Valerie Hobson, Edward Chapman) – Classic Movie Review 8597

Director Ronald Neame’s 1952 British black and white comedy The Card [The Promoter] stars Alec Guinness, who comes up trumps (did he ever give a poor performance?) as opportunist entrepreneur Edward Henry ‘Denry’ Machin, the […]

Jun, 16

P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang [Kipperbang] **** (1982, John Albasiny, Alison Steadman, Abigail Cruttenden) – Classic Movie Review 8381

Director Michael Apted’s 1982 P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang [Kipperbang] is one of Channel 4’s First Love series of films, which was rewarded with a cinema screening release in the UK and an American release too as […]

Apr, 19

Maniac Cop *** (1988, Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon) – Classic Movie Review 8299

Larry Cohen writes and produces (though perhaps he should also have directed) director William Lustig’s cult film Maniac Cop, which tells an intriguing and involving tale about a brutal killer on the loose on the […]

Mar, 26

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