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Sinful Davey *** (1969, John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Nigel Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 8462

Director John Huston’s light-hearted, sexy, humorous 1969 comedy period adventure romp Sinful Davey finds the great director on one of his more careless days, or at least carefree days, and it is the actors and […]

May, 12

Under the Volcano **** (1984, Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Katy Jurado, James Villiers) – Classic Movie Review 4,123

John Huston’s intensely smouldering 1984 metaphorical drama film Under the Volcano finds Albert Finney on scalding form, giving a blazing performance as an alcoholic former British consul in Thirties Mexico. Director John Huston’s intensely smouldering […]

Aug, 02

Myra Breckinridge *** (1970, Mae West, John Huston, Raquel Welch) – Classic Movie Review 2867

Michael Sarne’s 1970 film of Gore Vidal’s witty comic novel about Hollywood seems nowhere near as bad as its reputation suggests. Raquel Welch gamely plays the sex-change movie critic heroine Myra Breckinridge, who sets out […]

Aug, 30

Prizzi’s Honor ***** (1985, Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, William Hickey, John Randolph) – Classic Movie Review 2805

Director John Huston’s absolutely brilliant 1985 black-comedy Mafia movie thriller, based on Richard Condon’s novel, stars Jack Nicholson as Charley Partanna, a hitman who works for the Prizzi crime syndicate family. Charley is soon up […]

Aug, 12

Murders in the Rue Morgue **** (1932, Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach, Brandon Hurst) – Classic Movie Review 2681

Director Robert Florey’s vintage 1932 Universal Studios horror movie stars the studio’s great horror icon Bela Lugosi as a mad doctor called Dr Mirakle. After Dracula, Dr Mirakle is one of Lugosi’s most important and […]

Jul, 09

Beat the Devil **** (1953, Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Bernard Lee) – Classic Movie Review 2,664

John Huston’s quirky and likable 1953 comedy action adventure classic film Beat the Devil stars Humphrey Bogart as Billy Dannreuther, the go-between for a gang of uranium racketeers who want to exploit land in Africa. […]

Jul, 04

Moulin Rouge **** (1952, José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Colette Marchand) – Classic Movie Review 2084

Director John Huston’s vibrant, beautiful-looking, double Oscar-winning 1952 biopic focuses on the garish colours, wild times and wayward characters captured so vividly in Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s paintings and poster art of late 19th-century Montmartre in […]

Jan, 18

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