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The Vision *** (1987, Dirk Bogarde, Lee Remick, Eileen Atkins) – Classic Movie Review 4870

Director Norman Stone’s 1987 TV movie stars Dirk Bogarde, who brings his distinctive touch to the part of veteran broadcaster James Marriner, ‘Gentle Jim’, an ex-TV newsman lured into the spider’s web of an evangelical […]

Jan, 09

Morning Glory ** (2010, Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Wilson, Patti D’Arbanville, Ty Burrell, John Pankow) – Classic Movie Review 4612

Director Roger Michell’s welcome but strained 2010 romantic comedy drama has the advantage of starring the formidable team of Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton and Jeff Goldblum. The lovely and adorable Rachel McAdams is as bright […]

Nov, 08

Splendor **** (1989, Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Troisi, Marina Vlady) – Classic Movie Review 4048

Italian writer-director Ettore Scola’s affectingly nostalgic 1989 salute to the cinema is as good and glorious as the much more lauded Cinema Paradiso (1988). Marcello Mastroianni is splendid as Jordan, the owner and manager of the […]

Jul, 19

The Trip *** (1967, Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper) – Classic Movie Review 3866

Director Roger Corman’s infamous 1967 drugs exploitation psychedelic movie is notable for Jack Nicholson writing the intriguing if disjointed screenplay. The story focuses on young television commercial director Paul Groves (Peter Fonda, convincing) who gets into a state […]

Jun, 15

Law of Desire **** (1987, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina, Eusebio Poncela) – Classic Movie Review 3570

Writer-director Pedro Almodóvar’s amusingly provocative 1987 Spanish comedy drama about two male lovers and the sex-change sister (Carmen Maura) of one of them is a highly animated and deliciously extravagant movie. Eusebio Poncela stars as Pablo, who writes […]

Apr, 16

All That Heaven Allows **** (1955, Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 3434

Admired cult director Douglas Sirk’s gloriously plush 1955 romantic melodrama All That Heaven Allows stars Jane Wyman as the lovely New England upper-class widow Cary Scott who falls for the down-to-earth, hunky, romantic, much younger […]

Mar, 01

Fahrenheit 451 **** (1966, Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser, Bee Duffell, Michael Balfour, Ann Bell) – Classic Movie Review 3012

François Truffaut’s love of books shines through his thoroughly compelling and intriguing adaptation from Ray Bradbury’s 1953 novel of his 1984-style sci-fi story about a typically oppressive, dystopian future world where books have been outlawed […]

Oct, 28

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