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Just a Gigolo (1978, David Bowie, Sydne Rome, Kim Novak, David Hemmings, Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens, Marlene Dietrich) – Classic Movie Review 9549

Director David Hemmings’s 1978 musical drama Just a Gigolo [Schöner Gigolo, Armer Gigolo] stars the astonishing cast of David Bowie, Sydne Rome, Kim Novak, David Hemmings, Maria Schell and Curd Jürgens [Curt Jurgens] – ‘and […]

Mar, 23

Autumn Tale [Conte d’automne] **** (1998, Marie Rivière, Béatrice Romand, Alain Libolt, Didier Sandre) – Classic Movie Review 9462

Autumn Tale [Conte d’automne] (1998) is the last of Éric Rohmer’s four seasonal tales, preceded by A Tale of Springtime, A Tale of Winter and A Summer’s Tale. It is the fourth film of his […]

Mar, 04

Wayne’s World 2 *** (1993, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken, Tia Carrere, Chris Farley) Classic Movie Review 9447

Director Stephen Surjik’s 1993 comedy Wayne’s World 2 is a less raucous, more amiable and more accomplished sequel to the 1992 Wayne’s World, though also much less popular at the box office. This time the […]

Feb, 29

The Farewell *** (2019, Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, Diana Lin, X Mayo) – Movie Review

When a Chinese family discovers their beloved grandmother Nai Nai (Shuzhen Zhao) has only a short while to live, they decide not to tell her, and they stage an impromptu wedding as a cover for […]

Sep, 20

Coming to America ** (1988, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley, John Amos) – Classic Movie Review 8806

Director John Landis’s 1988 romantic comedy Coming to America represents a mild return to form for Eddie Murphy, engagingly playing Akeem Joffer, the powerful crown prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda, who comes […]

Aug, 08

Happy Is the Bride *** (1958, Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Cecil Parker, Joyce Grenfell, Terry-Thomas, John le Mesurier, Eric Barker, Nicholas Parsons, Athene Seyler) – Classic Movie Review 8618

Director Roy Boulting’s 1957 British black and white comedy Happy Is the Bride is a whimsical, sweet but old-fashioned farce with interfering over-enthusiastic parents, family and friends rearranging the young couple David and Janet (Ian […]

Jun, 21

I Love You, Alice B Toklas! *** (1968, Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young, Joyce Van Patten, David Arkin, Herb Edelman) – Classic Movie Review 8547

The Jewish middle-class and Sixties hippie cultures are satirised in director Hy Averback’s unevenly amusing 1968 comedy I Love You, Alice B Toklas!, with Peter Sellers on form as a mild West Coast lawyer taking […]

Jun, 04

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