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Beauty and the Beast ***** (1991, voices of Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach, Richard White) – Classic Movie Review 2216

Directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise’s 1991 animated feature is a milestone as the Walt Disney studio’s 30th cartoon and happily it proves among the best of its kind. It is an exhilarating movie, an outstanding, […]

Feb, 27

Midnight Express **** (1978, Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paul L Smith, Norbert Weisser, Mike Kellin) – Classic Movie Review 2073

Director Alan Parker’s horrific double Oscar-winning 1978 real-life drama of courage and the will to survive stars Brad Davis, who digs deep into his role of a lifetime as the young American college student Billy […]

Jan, 12

Born on the Fourth of July ***** (1989, Tom Cruise, Raymond J Barry, Caroline Kava) – Classic Movie Review 2063

Director Oliver Stone’s double Oscar-winning 1989 anti-war movie provides Tom Cruise with indisputably one of his best-ever roles as all-American boy Ron Kovic who was paralysed in the Vietnam War and returns to America to find […]

Jan, 09

The Cider House Rules **** (1999, Tobey Maguire, Michael Caine, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Jane Alexander, Kathy Bates) – Classic Movie Review 964

Director Lasse Hallström’s 1999 romantic drama provided a hit and personal triumph for Michael Caine, who relishes his Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winning role here as Dr Wilbur Larch in this tastefully careful adaptation of the […]

Mar, 22

Raging Bull ***** (1980, Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci) – Classic Movie Review 874

Martin Scorsese’s 1980 movie Raging Bull is one of this great director’s finest as well as one of the most iconic key films of the Eighties. Robert De Niro gives one of his most astounding performances, winning his […]

Mar, 06

Black Narcissus ***** (1947, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Kathleen Byron, Sabu) – Classic Movie Review 602

Writer-producer-director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s extraordinary 1947 film Black Narcissus, about five Anglo-Catholic nuns who have set up a school and infirmary in a ramshackle old building on the edge of a cliff in […]

Dec, 31

Wings ***** (1927, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Richard Arlen, Clara Bow, Jobyna Ralston, Gary Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 501

The first ever Best Picture Oscar winner (and only silent film to win) is still immensely stirring for its thrilling, atmospheric flying scenes, breathtaking dogfights and realistic sequences of trench warfare, filmed for real without […]

Dec, 11

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