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George and Mildred * (1980, Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy, Stratford Johns, Sheila Fearn, Kenneth Cope, Dudley Sutton, Harry Fowler) – Classic Movie Review 9847

Director Peter Frazer-Jones’s 1980 comedy George and Mildred is a fairly dismal film version of the popular British TV comedy show (1976-80) with Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy as the Ropers, whose anniversary package trip […]

May, 31

Dentist on the Job ** (1961, Bob Monkhouse, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton, Eric Barker, Ronnie Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 9790

In Dentist on the Job [Get On with It], C M Pennington-Richards’s 1961 sequel to 1960’s hit comedy Dentist in the Chair, Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Stevens return to play David Cookson and Brian Dexter, […]

May, 19

Oliver’s Story ** (1978, Ryan O’Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett, Ray Milland) – Classic Movie Review 9773

The 1978 Oliver’s Story is the follow-on to the 1970 smash hit Love Story, with Ryan O’Neal back as love-struck Oliver Barrett. Co-screenwriter/ director John Korty’s 1978 romantic drama sequel Oliver’s Story is the largely […]

May, 15

The Snapper **** (1993, Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe) Classic Movie Review 9662

A close-knit Dublin family adjusts to the news that the eldest daughter, 20-year old Sharon Curley, is pregnant but will not name the father, in director Stephen Frears’s 1993 BBC Screen Two film The Snapper. […]

Apr, 22

Smiley’s People **** (1982, Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bill Paterson, Patrick Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 9660

Director Simon Langton’s 1982 TV mini-series Smiley’s People is the eagerly awaited sequel to the 1979 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which this time has a surprisingly thin plot (at least for this running time of […]

Apr, 21

Bride of Re-Animator [Re-Animator 2] * (1990, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones) Classic Movie Review 9562

Director Brian Yuzna’s 1990 Re-Animator sequel Bride of Re-Animator [Re-Animator 2] is a dull horror comic, enlivened by amusing touches of black humour (‘better watch out for premature re-animation’) and some typical gross-out make-up effects […]

Mar, 26

Teen Wolf Too * (1987, Jason Bateman, Kim Darby, John Astin, Paul Sand) – Classic Movie Review 9471

The 18-year-old Jason Bateman takes over from Michael J Fox as his character Scott Howard’s college boxing werewolf cousin Todd Howard, a struggling teenager who turns into a wolf, in director Christopher Leitch’s 1987 Teen […]

Mar, 07

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