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The Long Hair of Death [I lunghi capelli della morte] *** (1965, Barbara Steele, George Ardisson, Halina Zalewska) – Classic Movie Review 9432

Director Antonio Margheriti’s black and white Gothic 1965 Italian giallo thriller The Long Hair of Death [I Lughi Capelli della Morte] stars Barbara Steele as mysterious vengeful Helen Karnstein, who comes back from the dead to […]

Feb, 26

Just Mercy **** (2019, Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson) – Movie Review

Michael B Jordan and Jamie Foxx, form a strong partnership as Harvard-educated pro bono civil rights defence attorney Bryan Stevenson and Walter McMillian, a wrongly condemned Alabama death row prisoner he works tirelessly for years […]

Feb, 20

The Horror Show [House III] * (1989, Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Rita Taggart) – Classic Movie Review 8143

Director James Isaac’s often tedious and very unpleasant 1989 horror fantasy The Horror Show [House III] is lifted slightly by Lance Henriksen’s all-stops-out acting as Detective Lucas McCarthy, a cop chased in his new house […]

Feb, 18

Mary Queen of Scots ** (2018, Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Adrian Lester, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, James McArdle, David Tennant) – Movie Review

Director Josie Rourke’s modern re-interpretation of the tragic historical story of Mary Queen of Scots is vivid and ambitious. Unfortunately, it is not a happy, feel-good story, and the film is more on the interesting […]

Dec, 13

Back Door to Hell ** (1964, Jimmie Rodgers, Jack Nicholson, John Hackett) – Classic Movie Review 7847

The 1964 black and white movie Back Door to Hell is a youthful partnership of director Monte Hellman and star Jack Nicholson in a war film about a World War Two Philippines reconnaissance mission by […]

Nov, 27

Nicholas and Alexandra **** (1971, Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Lynne Frederick, Fiona Fullerton, Harry Andrews, Laurence Olivier, Tom Baker, Michael Redgrave, Irene Worth, Jack Hawkins, Alexander Knox) – Classic Movie Review 4,811

Michael Jayston and Janet Suzman grab their movie star opportunities to shine as the Russian royal pair Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra in director Franklin J Schaffner’s 1971 film Nicholas and Alexandra. Those […]

Dec, 27

The Verdict **** (1946, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring, George Coulouris, Rosalind Ivan, Paul Cavanagh, Holmes Herbert) – Classic Movie Review 3,877

Director Don Siegel was fortunate with his 1946 feature film directorial début in having one of the Forties crime thriller’s best teams – Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre – heading the foggy London Victorian film […]

Jun, 16

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