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Bait *** (2019, Edward Rowe, Mary Woodvine, Simon Shepherd, Giles King) – Movie Review

Writer/ director Mark Jenkin’s Bait (2019) is a bold independent experimental film focusing on a brother brother conflict and the clash between tourism and the old fishing boat values down old Cornwall way. It runs […]

Aug, 25

The Bliss of Mrs Blossom ** (1968, Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough, James Booth) – Classic Movie Review 8816

Director Joseph McGrath’s daft, Swinging Sixties 1968 British crazy sex comedy The Bliss of Mrs Blossom stars Shirley MacLaine as Mrs Harriet Blossom, the blissful wife of a brassiere maker Robert Blossom (Richard Attenborough), keeping […]

Aug, 10

Dream One [Nemo] **** (1984, Jason Connery, Mathilda May, Seth Kibel, Charley Boorman, Katrine Boorman, Harvey Keitel, Carole Bouquet, Michel Blanc) – Classic Movie Review 8747

Young Jason Connery, as the teenage Nemo, finds himself inside a dream in director Arnaud Sélignac’s charming, surreal 1984 children’s fantasy adventure Dream One [Nemo], inspired by Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo comic strip, with plenty […]

Jul, 23

The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn *** (1956, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Dick Emery) – Classic Movie Review 8555

Director Joseph Sterling’s 1956 surreal spoof comedy The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn is a precious memento of BBC radio’s The Goon Show, in which Peter Sellers does his deaf and senile character Henry Crun […]

Jun, 04

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me ** (1992, Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick, David Bowie, Miguel Ferrer, Peggy Lipton) – Classic Movie Review 8460

David Lynch’s smart if baffling cinematic prequel to his legendary TV series Twin Peaks (1990) shows the last week in the life of the murdered Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) and her friend (Moira Kelly). It is […]

May, 12

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh *** (1977, voices of Sterling Holloway, Paul Winchell, Sebastian Cabot, Junius Matthews, Barbara Luddy) – Classic Movie Review 8194

Walt Disney Productions’s 1977 animated feature The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is the 22nd Disney animated feature film and is distributed by Buena Vista. Basically the feature is a collection of animated Disney […]

Mar, 03

The Color of Pomegranates [Sayat Nova] ***** (1969, Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan) – Classic Movie Review 8113

Russian director Sergei Parajanov’s 1969 world cinema classic The Colour of Pomegranates [Sayat Nova] [Tsvet Granata] is his finest hour, an unforgettable feast of colour-drenched tableaux showing the spiritual growth of a boy into manhood. […]

Feb, 10

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