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Outrage *** (1950, Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke) – Classic Movie Review 10,660

Ida Lupino’s first credited co-writing and directing enterprise Outrage (1950) is a worthy, earnest tale of a raped woman called Ann Walton (Mala Powers) who understandably heads for a nervous breakdown after her terrible experience. […]

Dec, 12

Too Young to Love *** (1960, Thomas Mitchell, Pauline Hahn, Joan Miller, Jess Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 10,586

‘If this happened to your daughter… would you be to blame?’ Director Muriel Box’s provocative and controversial 1960 British drama Too Young To Love is an intriguing dramatised account of the sad life of a […]

Nov, 26

Emma. *** (2020, Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Bill Nighy, Miranda Hart, Tanya Reynolds) – Movie Review 

Director Autumn de Wilde’s period romantic comedy drama Emma. is based on the beloved classic novel by Jane Austen. The ultra-stylish novel has everything: wit, wisdom, great characters, great dialogue, great plotting, true romance, witty […]

Feb, 18

The Whistleblower [Chui shao ren] *** (2019, Jiayin Lei, Wei Tang, Xi Qi) – Movie Review

Writer-director Xiaolu Xue’s entertaining Chinese-Australian co-production The Whistleblower (2019) is at heart a good old-fashioned epic chase conspiracy thriller, with some modern trimmings – OMG, way, way too much CGI! The CGI is no doubt […]

Dec, 11

Charlie’s Angels * (2019, Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska) – Movie Review

Charlie’s Angels (2019) is empty-headed adventure comedy hokum, with Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska and Elizabeth Banks all pleasant presences and working hard enough but to little avail. They are chasing after some ludicrous […]

Dec, 03

My New Gun ** (1992, Diane Lane, James Le Gros, Stephen Collins, Tess Harper, Bill Raymond) – Classic Movie Review 8410

Writer-director Stacy Cochran’s 1992 thriller My New Gun stars Diane Lane as Debbie Bender, a thirtysomething New Jersey suburban housewife who is given a gun by her successful radiologist husband Gerald (Stephen Collins). But it […]

Apr, 29

Craig’s Wife *** (1936, Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Billie Burke, Jane Darwell) – Classic Movie Review 7582

Rosalind Russell stars as domineering, control-freak, middle-class, middle-aged housewife Harriet Craig, who marries for money and values her home more than her rich husband Walter (John Boles), in director Dorothy Arzner’s 1936 film Craig’s Wife, […]

Sep, 16

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