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Iron Eagle II * (1988, Louis Gossett Jr, Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin) – Classic Movie Review 10,189

Sidney J Furie’s 1988 action sequel Iron Eagle II again stars Louis Gossett Jr, who is back as US Air Force General Charles ‘Chappy’ Sinclair, without original star Jason Gedrick as his co-star, and this […]

Aug, 17

Iron Eagle ** (1986, Louis Gossett Jr, Jason Gedrick, David Suchet) – Classic Movie Review 10,188

Sidney J Furie scores a 1986 Top Gun-style hit with Iron Eagle, starring Jason Gedrick as young pilot Doug Masters. Director Sidney J Furie’s 1986 Iron Eagle stars Jason Gedrick as Doug Masters, a 18-year-old […]

Aug, 17

Cone of Silence [Trouble in the Sky] ** (1960, Michael Craig, Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee, George Sanders, Elizabeth Seal, André Morell) – Classic Movie Review 9693

Peter Cushing stars away from his usual horror territory as a pompous pilot called Captain Judd in director Charles Frend’s intriguing if slackly paced 1960 mystery drama Cone of Silence [Trouble in the Sky], based […]

Apr, 30

Capricorn One **** (1977, Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterson, O J Simpson, Hal Holbrook, Telly Savalas, Karen Black) – Classic Movie Review 6794

Skillfully written and directed by Peter Hyams (The Presidio), this invigorating 1977 action adventure thriller supposes that NASA’s first manned mission to Mars is actually an American Government hoax simulated in a TV studio. But […]

Mar, 12

Chain Lightning *** (1950, Humphrey Bogart, Eleanor Parker, Raymond Massey) – Classic Movie Review 4,950

Humphrey Bogart stars in Warner Bros’ 1950 black and white aerospace film Chain Lightning as ex-World War Two flying ace Matt Brennan, offered a job by aircraft mogul Leland Willis (Raymond Massey) as chief test […]

Jan, 27

I Spy ** (2002, Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Malcolm McDowell, Famke Janssen) – Classic Movie Review 4207

Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson play the Sixties TV show characters in director Betty Thomas’s mild, slackly made 2002 action comedy that runs like a poor copy of a Bond movie. Wilson is his usual […]

Aug, 20

Executive Decision *** (1996, Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal, John Leguiziamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton, David Suchet, J T Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 2932

Director Stuart Baird’s hokey but often nail-biting 1996 edge-of-seat action thriller stars Kurt Russell, who is on his best form as a reluctant action hero. He is forced to board and tackle the Arab terrorists […]

Sep, 29

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