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Holiday in Mexico *** (1946, Walter Pidgeon, Jose Iturbi, Roddy McDowall, Jane Powell, Ilona Massey, Xavier Cugat) – Classic Movie Review 11,588

After Song of the Open Road (1944) and Delightfully Dangerous (1945), Jane Powell appeared in the 1946 Technicolor musical Holiday in Mexico, directed by George Sidney and also starring Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey and Roddy […]

Sep, 19

The Ambassador ** (1984 Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson, Donald Pleasence, Fabio Testi) – Classic Movie Review 8524

Elmore Leonard’s excellent 1974 novel 52 Pick-Up is reworked as J Lee Thompson’s watchable and entertaining 1984 political thriller The Ambassador starring Robert Mitchum as the American ambassador to Israel trying to solve the crisis […]

May, 30

The Shooter [Hidden Assassin] ** (1995, Dolph Lundgren, Maruschka Detmers, Assumpta Serna, Gavan O’Herlihy) – Classic Movie Review 6214

Dolph Lundgren stars as the US federal agent Michael Dane, who is sent to locate and abduct Simone Rosset (Maruschka Detmers), the beautiful suspected assassin of the Cuban ambassador in New York before she strikes […]

Nov, 08

From Paris with Love * (2010, John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak) – Classic Movie Review 3838

From Paris with Love is a disgracefully bad, utterly risible (but not in a good way) action comedy with a totally mismatched star team in John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, neither of whom should […]

Jun, 11

Five Fingers **** (1952, James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie) – Classic Movie Review 3605

Director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s smart, sleek, smooth, suspenseful, satisfying espionage thriller stars a well-cast James Mason, who gives a splendid performance as a Nazi spy, L C Moyzisch aka Cicero, during World War Two. Working […]

Apr, 23

Femme Fatale *** (2002, Rebecca Romijn, Antonio Banderas, Peter Coyote) – Classic Movie Review 2926

After a $10million diamond heist from an exhibition during the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, femme fatale Laure Ash (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) double-crosses her crook partners. She goes on the run, assumes the identity of Lily, a woman who commits […]

Sep, 26

Call Me Madam **** (1953, Ethel Merman, George Sanders, Donald O’Connor, Vera-Ellen, Billy De Wolfe, Walter Slezak) – Classic Movie Review 2614

The boisterous Ethel Merman is on top form as the hostess with the mostest  – and so are the whole cast – for Walter Lang’s very bright, lively and nimble 1953 film version of the ultimate […]

Jun, 18

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