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Dr T and the Women ** (2000, Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern) – Classic Movie Review 1596

Richard Gere stars as handsome, rich Dallas gynaecologist Dr Sullivan Travis, whose seemingly idyllic life turns out to be less than perfect when the family skeletons begin emerging from the closet and he suffers from […]

Aug, 26

Popeye **** (1980, Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall) – Classic Movie Review 1595

Robin Williams makes his star movie début in director Robert Altman’s ludicrously underrated, under-patronised and undervalued 1980 live-action version of the E C Segar cartoon. Williams and Shelley Duvall are just perfect as the spinach-eating […]

Aug, 26

Cookie’s Fortune *** (1999, Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O’Donnell) – Classic Movie Review 1594

Welcome to Holly Springs, Mississippi… home of murder, mayhem and catfish enchiladas. Director Robert Altman is in surprisingly blunt, indulgent and benign mood produces a slack, hollow-centred 1999 comedy thriller film that’s fairly amusing, enjoyable […]

Aug, 25

The Company *** (2003, Neve Campbell, James Franco, Malcolm McDowell) – Classic Movie Review 1593

Scream’s Neve Campbell (who also co-wrote the original story and co-produced) proves a surprise super dancer in director Robert Altman’s 2003 gossipy account of the day-to-day life of a fictional ballet company (played by members […]

Aug, 25

The Gingerbread Man *** (1998, Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr, Robert Duvall) – Classic Movie Review 422

Robert Altman’s neglected 1998 movie is an awkward but by no means negligible noirish thriller, based on a John Grisham original screen story. Kenneth Branagh gives an exceptional performance as a very flawed, unsympathetic hero, […]

Nov, 18

Gosford Park **** (2001, Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles Dance, Jeremy Northam, Helen Mirren) – Classic Movie Review 299

Julian Fellowes won an Oscar for the witty Best Original Screenplay for this civilised 2001 entertainment, based on an idea by its producers, the director Robert Altman and actor Bob Balaban. It plays like a […]

Oct, 19

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