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Legend *** (2015, Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton) – Movie Review

Legend offers Tom Hardy an eagerly and exuberantly taken chance for a bravura star turn in twin roles as 1960s identical twin East End gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray (‘We’re talking about being gangsters, that’s […]

Sep, 09

The Parent Trap *** (1961, Hayley Mills, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith) – Classic Movie Review 2862

Writer-director David Swift’s inventive and amusing 1961 Walt Disney live-action comedy-adventure The Parent Trap tells the story of twin sisters who meet for the first time on a summer holiday and decide to try to […]

Aug, 29

The Dark Mirror **** (1946, Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 2273

Robert Siodmak directs one of Hollywood’s better Forties psychological film noir thrillers in 1946. It finds Olivia de Havilland on rousing form, enjoying herself enormously in two roles as identical twins Terry and Ruth Collins, one […]

Mar, 16

The Krays ***** (1990, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Billie Whitelaw) – Classic Movie Review 1992

Director Peter Medak and brilliant screenwriter Philip Ridley bring the shocking tale of the life and crimes of the notorious, horrendous and now legendary real-life London East End gangster twins Ronald and Reginald Kray to the […]

Dec, 22

Life Is Sweet ***** (1990, Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks) – Classic Movie Review 1875

If only all British comedy movies could be as brilliant as this! Writer-director Mike Leigh’s 1990 film is extremely sweet indeed – yes and of course just as sour, too. Leigh presents a desperately sad, […]

Nov, 23

The Skeleton Twins *** (2014, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson) – Movie Review

A movie that starts with both its central characters trying to commit suicide isn’t going to be all a bundle of laughs, and nor is this one, but it certainly tries hard to amuse as […]

Nov, 06

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