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Hanging Up ** (2000, Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau, Cloris Leachman, Adam Arkin) – Classic Movie Review 10,472

Diane Keaton directs and stars in the well-cast, weepie 2000 family comedy drama Hanging Up about a trio of attractive self-absorbed middle-aged sisters (Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow), who are forced to forget their differences […]

Oct, 28

Pieces of April *** (2003, Katie Holmes, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson, Sean Hayes, Derek Luke, Alison Pill) – Classic Movie Review 7909

Writer-director Peter Hedges’s 2003 Pieces of April stars Katie Holmes as flaky punk April Burns, whose family is coming to Thanksgiving dinner. But her oven is broken and she cannot cook, so she seeks help […]

Dec, 16

By the Light of the Silvery Moon **** (1953, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp, Mary Wickes, Billy Gray) – 2018 Classic Movie Review 7681

Director David Butler’s 1953 warm-hearted musical delight By the Light of the Silvery Moon brings back Doris Day and Gordon MacRae for further charming and enjoyable adventures in Warner Bros’ follow-up to the 1951 hit On […]

Oct, 20

The Last Waltz **** (1978, The Band, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond) – Classic Movie Review 5.374

Martin Scorsese’s legendary 1978 rockumentary film of the 1976 farewell gig by The Band is a model of excitement and dynamism. No wonder The Last Waltz has been called one of the greatest concert films. […]

May, 01

Planes, Trains and Automobiles **** (1987, Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, Dylan Baker) – Classic Movie Review 4594

Writer-director John Hughes’s classy 1987 holiday road movie comedy memorably pairs Steve Martin with John Candy. Martin stars as straightlaced advertising marketing executive Neal Page, struggling to speed home for Thanksgiving, who finds he cannot […]

Nov, 05

Hannah and her Sisters ***** (1986, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine, Woody Allen, Barbara Hershey, Max von Sydow, Sam Waterston, Carrie Fisher) – Classic Movie Review 1796

Writer-director Woody Allen’s triple-Oscar-winning 1986 crowd-pleaser Hannah and her Sisters is one of his best and most enduring movies. Some even say it is his finest work. Allen’s then partner Mia Farrow stars as famous […]

Nov, 02

Nobody’s Fool **** (1994, Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy) – Classic Movie Review 872

Writer-director Robert Benton’s small but perfectly formed 1994 film Nobody’s Fool landed Paul Newman with a deserved Best Actor Oscar nomination for his sterling turn as Sully Sullivan, an ageing small-town construction worker who has a […]

Mar, 06

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