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Housekeeping *** (1987, Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill) – Classic Movie Review 9083

Writer-director Bill Forsyth, best known for his whimsical, Scottish comedies such as That Sinking Feeling and Gregory’s Girl, moves to the US and delivers a rather dark and disturbing character study with comic touches in […]

Nov, 20

French Dressing ** (1964, James Booth, Marisa Mell, Roy Kinnear, Alita Naughton, Sandor Elès, Bryan Pringle) – Classic Movie Review 9078

Director Ken Russell’s first feature French Dressing (1964) is a British satirical seaside farce with Marisa Mell as a French starlet taken up by Gormleigh-on-Sea’s deckchair man and lady reporter as the local kind of […]

Nov, 19

Honky Tonk Freeway *** (1981, William Devane, Beau Bridges, Beverly D’Angelo, Teri Garr, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Howard Hesseman, Geraldine Page, George Dzundza, Joe Grifasi) – Classic Movie Review 8958

Director John Schlesinger’s nice and unruly 1981 film Honky Tonk Freeway is a zany, brash, attractive and cheerful ensemble comedy made in America by the British company EMI Films about the small town of Ticlaw […]

Oct, 01

Return to Peyton Place *** (1961, Carol Lynley, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 8929

Director José Ferrer’s attractively campy 1961 romantic drama follow-up Return to Peyton Place begins where Peyton Place left off. Eleanor Parker (as Connie Rossi) and Mary Astor (as a selfish mother, Mrs Roberta Carter) enliven […]

Sep, 22

Overland Pacific *** (1954, Jock Mahoney, Peggie Castle, Adele Jergens) – Classic Movie Review 8,860

Director Fred F Sears’s neat and nifty little 1954 colour Western film Overland Pacific is busy, stalwart, decently plotted and quite well made, with two good star performances from Jock Mahoney and Peggie Castle. Jock […]

Aug, 23

Arachnophobia **** (1990, Jeff Daniels, Julian Sands, John Goodman) – Classic Movie Review 8793

The 1990 ‘thrillomedy’ film Arachnophobia stars Jeff Daniels as a nice arachnophobic doctor, Julian Sands as a crazy scientist and John Goodman as a bug exterminator, who fight off an attack of killer spiders at […]

Aug, 05

I Want You ** (1951, Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger, Peggy Dow) – Classic Movie Review 8784

Director Mark Robson’s 1951 drama I Want You is producer Samuel Goldwyn’s attempt to update themes from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) in order to examine the way the Korean War affects an […]

Aug, 01

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