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The Hucksters *** (1947, Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn, Edward Arnold) – Classic Movie Review 9489

Director Jack Conway’s 1947 MGM black and white romantic comedy drama The Hucksters stars a notable line-up in Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn and Edward Arnold, and is based […]

Mar, 09

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders ** (1965, Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, George Sanders, Lilli Palmer, Angela Lansbury, Leo McKern, Daniel Massey, Vittorio De Sica) – Classic Movie Review 9170

Floundering Flanders  ‘I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over.’ Paramount clearly wanted to turn Daniel Defoe’s 1722 novel into a cash-in on the success of 1963’s Tom Jones […]

Dec, 19

Belles on Their Toes *** (1952, Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, Debra Paget) – Classic Movie Review 8810

Director Henry Levin’s 1952 Belles on Their Toes is the too-sentimental but still amusing and appealing sequel to the sharper 1950 family comedy Cheaper by the Dozen. [Spoiler alert] There is no Clifton Webb this […]

Aug, 09

A Breed Apart *** (1984, Rutger Hauer, Powers Boothe. Kathleen Turner, Donald Pleasence) – Classic Movie Review 8758

Director Philippe Mora’s 1984 A Breed Apart is a fascinating, intelligent movie and stars a fine quartet in Rutger Hauer, Powers Boothe. Kathleen Turner, and Donald Pleasence. Avaricious billionaire collector J P Whittier (Pleasence) hires […]

Jul, 25

Night Unto Night ** (1949, Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 7981

Director Don Siegel’s intriguing and offbeat but rather ploddingly handled 1949 Warner Bros black and white romantic drama Night unto Night stars Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Rosemary DeCamp and Broderick Crawford. Lindfors and Reagan play […]

Jan, 05

Widows ** (2018, Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Liam Neeson, Cynthia Erivo) – Movie Review

Something is lost on the way to 2018 Chicago for the cinema version of Lynda La Plante’s masterly 1983 British TV mini-series Widows. Director / co-writer Steve McQueen wants a posh movie, and this is the problem, with […]

Oct, 10

A Simple Favor [A Simple Favour] *** (2018, Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding) – Movie Review

The small but perfectly performed and super talented Anna Kendrick stars in director Paul Feig’s likeable 2018 mystery crime drama A Simple Favor [A Simple Favour] as homely vlogger Stephanie Smothers, who seeks to uncover the truth […]

Sep, 22

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