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The Bodyguard ** (1992, Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp) – Classic Movie Review 7119

Director Mick Jackson’s hokey and unconvincing but highly popular 1992 romantic thriller The Bodyguard stars Kevin Costner as former US Secret Service agent Frank Farmer, who is hired by her manager as the bodyguard for pop […]

Jun, 05

Thunder on the Hill [Bonaventure] *** (1951, Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Robert Douglas, Anne Crawford, Gladys Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 6675

Director Douglas Sirk’s 1951 thriller was his first A-project in the first year of his contract with Universal, following the modest B-movie Mystery Submarine (1950). It stars Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Robert Douglas and Anne […]

Feb, 10

The Colditz Story **** (1954, John Mills, Eric Portman, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael, Richard Wattis) – Classic Movie Review 5789

Co-writer/ director Guy Hamilton’s persuasive, meticulously crafted 1954 World War Two saga of British prisoner-of-war existence in the German Medieval castle of Colditz is based on the book by Pat Reid. It effectively mixes tense […]

Jul, 19

The Musketeer **** (2001, Justin Chambers, Tim Roth, Mena Suvari, Catherine Deneuve, Stephen Rea) – Classic Movie Review 4002

In 17th century Paris, a peasant boy, young D’Artagnan (Max Dolbey), witnesses the death of his father at the hands of the dastardly villain Febre (Tim Roth) and sets out to join the legendary royal guards […]

Jul, 12

The Prince and the Pauper **** (1937, Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Billy Mauch, Bobby Mauch) – Classic Movie Review 3589

Errol Flynn (as Miles Hendon), Claude Rains and twins Billy Mauch and Bobby Mauch [Robert J Mauch] lead Warner Bros’ invigorating version of the famous old Mark Twain tale about two lookalike lads born on the […]

Apr, 18

Attack! **** (1956, Jack Palance , Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, Buddy Ebsen, Robert Strauss, Richard Jaeckel) – Classic Movie Review 3408

Producer-director Robert Aldrich’s classic 1956 war movie, or rather anti-war film, is as uncompromising and it is powerful. He again casts his star from the previous year’s The Big Knife, Jack Palance as US Lieutenant […]

Feb, 25

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves *** (1944, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Turhan Bey, Kurt Katch, Frank Puglia, Andy Devine) – Classic Movie Review 3205

Universal Pictures studio’s lavish, Technicolor-full exotic wartime fairy tale is daft but pacey and jolly, and very popular in its day thanks to the allure of the Jon Hall-Maria Montez duo. It was meant to […]

Dec, 31

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