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Choice of Arms [Le Choix des Armes] *** (1981, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve) – Classic Movie Review 10,397

Director Alain Corneau’s 1981 Choice of Arms [Le Choix des Armes] stars Yves Montand and Gérard Depardieu as the old retired robber hood Noel Durieux and the menacing young gangster Mickey, who fight it out […]

Oct, 09

The Devil Commands ***½ (1941, Boris Karloff, Anne Revere, Amanda Duff) – Classic Movie Review 5643

Director Edward Dmytryk’s highly capable 1941 horror chiller is swiftly paced, short and amusing, with Boris Karloff grabbing the attention as Dr Julian Blair, even though he is typecast once again as a mad scientist […]

Jun, 20

Rembrandt **** (1936, Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester) – Classic Movie Review 4514

Producer-director Alexander Korda’s splendid 1936 historical biopic focuses on Charles Laughton’s moving depiction of an artist declining into old age and poverty – in this case the 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 […]

Oct, 23

Hickey & Boggs ***½ (1972, Bill Cosby, Robert Culp, Ta-Ronce Allen, Michael Moriarty, James Woods, Robert Mandan, Vincent Gardenia, Ed Lauter) – Classic Movie Review 4163

Bill Cosby and Robert Culp, the popular stars from the jokey I Spy TV series that ran from 1965 to 1968, link up again, this time for this neo noir-style, unsettling 1972 private eye thriller, […]

Aug, 13

Demolition **** (2015, Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, C J Wilson, Judah Lewis) – Movie Review

Jake Gyllenhaal is in his acting and personal prime in a perfect performance as investment banker Davis, who life is in deep meltdown after losing his wife in a car crash. He works for his […]

Apr, 28

The Green Room [La chambre verte] **** (1978, François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye, Jean Dasté) – Classic Movie Review 2297

Director François Truffaut casts himself as Julien Davenne, a provincial journalist in a little French town at the end of the 1920s. He’s an obituary writer obsessively looking back on the death of his wife Julie […]

Mar, 22

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