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Savages ** (1972, Louis J Stadlen, Anne Francine, Susan Blakely, Margaret Brewster, Thayer David) – Classic Movie Review 10,959

Director James Ivory’s 1972 allegory fantasy comedy drama Savages is based on his own story idea, in which a wandering tribe discovers an empty mansion, but their members change when they live in it and put […]

Feb, 24

Ring of Fire *** (1961, David Janssen, Joyce Taylor, Frank Gorshin) – Classic Movie Review 10,847

Andrew L Stone’s taut 1961 Metrocolor thriller drama film Ring of Fire has more than its fair share of tension and suspense. Writer-producer-director Andrew L Stone’s taut, tense and highly tolerable 1961 Metrocolor thriller drama film Ring […]

Jan, 29

Dersu Uzala ***** (1975, Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, Mikhail Bychkov) – Classic Movie Review 10,633

Director Akira Kurosawa’s 1975 USSR-Japanese co-production, the adventure biographical drama Dersu Uzala, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (Soviet Union) in 1976. Young imperial Russian officer, Captain Vladimir Arsenev (Yuriy Solomin), sent by […]

Dec, 06

Days and Nights in the Forest [Aranyer Din Ratri] **** (1970) – Classic Movie Review 9342

Days and Nights in the Forest [Aranyer Din Ratri] (1970) is one of Satyajit Ray’s most delicate and subtle films, following the fortunes of four educated male friends from Calcutta on holiday staying at an […]

Feb, 03

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

A Midsummer Night’s Dream *** (1968, Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Selby, David Warner, Diana Rigg, Ian Richardson, Judi Dench, Ian Holm) – Classic Movie Review 7837

The Royal Shakespeare Company brings its Peter Hall-directed London stage production of the ever-popular William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the screen with practised success and delightful performances from a tip-top Sixties cast, […]

Nov, 27

Nell *** (1994, Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 6094

Liam Neeson stars as a small town doctor in North Carolina, who finds a grown-up wild child (Jodie Foster) in a remote woodland cabin, who has grown up in the woods away from people. The […]

Oct, 14

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