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The Pope Must Diet *** (1991, Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Paul Bartel, Herbert Lom, Alex Rocco) – Classic Movie Review 9852

When an imperfect, unqualified, unsuitable priest (Robbie Coltrane) is mistakenly elected Pope after a clerk mishears the name, he starts to uncover a web of corruption in the Vatican, in director Peter Richardson’s uneven but […]

Jun, 01

The Return of Don Camillo [Il ritorno di Don Camillo] *** (1953, Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Édouard Delmont, Paolo Stoppa, Arturo Bragaglia) – Classic Movie Review 9356

Director Julien Duvivier’s 1953 French-Italian comedy film The Return of Don Camillo [Il ritorno di Don Camillo] [Le retour de Don Camillo] brings back Fernandel and Gino Cervi happily to the screen. Following the 1952 […]

Feb, 07

The Little World of Don Camillo [Don Camillo] **** (1952, Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Vera Talchi, Franco Interlenghi, Sylvie) – Classic Movie Review 9353

Director Julien Duvivier’s delightful, light-hearted 1952 French-Italian comedy The Little World of Don Camillo [Don Camillo] [Le petit monde de Don Camillo] stars the always-excellent Fernandel on his most exuberant and engaging form as Don […]

Feb, 07

The Two Popes ***** (2019, Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín) – Movie Review

Director Fernando Meirelles’s fascinating true-life biographical comedy drama The Two Popes (2019) is one of the films of the year, with Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins both on scalding form as the liberal future Pope […]

Dec, 16

The Hoodlum Priest *** (1961, Don Murray, Keir Dullea, Larry Gates, Cindi Wood, Logan Ramsey) – Classic Movie Review 8953

Director Irvin Kershner’s 1961 black and white drama The Hoodlum Priest stars Don Murray as St Louis Jesuit priest, Father Charles Dismas Clark, who tries to keep hoodlum Billy Lee Jackson (Keir Dullea) on the […]

Sep, 30

The Midnight Story (1957, Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 8911

Director Joseph Pevney’s unfairly completely forgotten 1957 Universal International Pictures Pictures CinemaScope black and white film noir crime thriller film The Midnight Story is one of Tony Curtis’s most obscure movies. In an unusual project […]

Sep, 17

Fighting Father Dunne ** (1948, Pat O’Brien, Darryl Hickman, Charles Kemper, Una O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 8893

Director Ted Tetzlaff’s 1948 drama Fighting Father Dunne stars Pat O’Brien as crusading priest Father Peter J Dunne, who is fighting for a home for poor orphan St Louis newsboys in 1905, in this well-meaning […]

Sep, 10

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