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The Pleasure of His Company *** (1961, Fred Astaire, Lilli Palmer, Debbie Reynolds, Tab Hunter, Gary Merrill, Charles Ruggles) – Classic Movie Review 9382

Director George Seaton’s fairly civilised and sophisticated 1961 comedy The Pleasure of His Company stars Fred Astaire as debonair, man-about-town Biddeford ‘Pogo’ Poole, who comes home for the marriage of his long neglected daughter, San […]

Feb, 14

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

Doctor Dolittle *** (1998, Eddie Murphy, Peter Boyle, Ossie Davis) – Classic Movie Review 8752

‘What if you could have a conversation? I mean, not with a baseball or a banana – that’s ridiculous – but with your dog?’ Director Betty Thomas’s 1998 family fantasy comedy remake Doctor Dolittle stars […]

Jul, 24

The Sisters Brothers [Les Frères Sisters] **** (2018, John C Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed) – Movie Review

John C Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix get rewarding roles as killer brothers Eli and Charlie Sisters, who hunt down gold prospector Hermann Kermit Warm (Riz Ahmed) and his surprise ally John Morris (Jake Gyllenhaal), who was […]

Apr, 06

Once a Thief *** (1965, Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin, Jack Palance) – Classic Movie Review 8252

Director Ralph Nelson’s 1965 black and white crime thriller Once a Thief [Les Tueurs de San Francisco] stars French superstar Alain Delon, who tries to make it in Hollywood as San Francisco ex-con Eddie Pedak, […]

Mar, 17

Crime of Passion *** (1957, Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Royal Dano, Robert Griffin, Dennis Cross) – Classic Movie Review 7615

Director Gerd Oswald’s 1957 film noir crime drama Crime of Passion stars Barbara Stanwyck as cop’s wife Kathy Ferguson Doyle, a sassy San Francisco newspaper advice columnist, who gives up her job and pulls out […]

Sep, 22

Mr Ricco *** (1975, Dean Martin, Eugene Roche, Thalmus Rasulala, Denise Nicholas, Cindy Williams, Geraldine Brooks, Frank Puglia) – Classic Movie Review 6720

Paul Bogart’s 1975 MGM crime thriller Mr Ricco sees the ever likeable Dean Martin in his final star role as Mr Joe Ricco, a criminal attorney in San Francisco up to his neck in cases.  […]

Feb, 21

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