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I Thank a Fool * (1962, Susan Hayward, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento, Cyril Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 11,415

Susan Hayward and Peter Finch have a thankless task to re-animate I Thank a Fool (1962). Director Robert Stevens’s 1962 British Metrocolor crime drama I Thank a Fool stars Peter Finch, Susan Hayward, Diane Cilento, Cyril […]

Jul, 22

King Lear **** (1970, Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Cyril Cusack, Jack MacGowran, Alan Webb, Patrick Magee) – Classic Movie Review 10,160

‘Know that we have divided In three our kingdom: and ’tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age; Conferring them on younger strengths, while we Unburthen’d crawl toward death.’ Well […]

Aug, 10

Reefer Madness (1936, Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles) – Classic Movie Review 9541

Director Louis J Gasnier’s infamous 1936 Reefer Madness [The Burning Question] [Tell Your Children] [Dope Addict] is a hilariously overstated Thirties warning against the danger of the weed – just one drag of marijuana and […]

Mar, 21

The Game Is Over [La Curée] ** (1966, Jane Fonda, Michel Piccoli, Peter McEnery) – Classic Movie Review 7558

Director Roger Vadim’s teasingly steamy 1966 The Game Is Over [La curée] stars Jane Fonda in her glorious prime as Renée Saccard, the selfish young wife of a middle-aged Parisian businessman Alexandre (Michel Piccoli), who falls […]

Sep, 11

Hellraiser: Inferno ** (2001, Craig Sheffer, Nicholas Turturro, James Remar) – Classic Movie Review 6120

‘The Terrifying New Chapter In The Hellraiser Legacy!’ Co-writer/ producer/ director Scott Derrickson’s promised 2001 fifth episode is another contrived low-budget ($2 million) mess, but with some reasonable performances, okay effects, and enough exciting Hellraiser violence […]

Oct, 21

Tower of London ** (1962, Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman, Robert Brown) – Classic Movie Review 4439

Director Roger Corman’s typically cost-cutting and cheerful 1962 remake of the 1939 film Tower of London this time stars Vincent Price, who has a grand old time as Richard of Gloucester who kills those in […]

Oct, 01

Splendor in the Grass **** (1961, Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden, Zohra Lampert, Sandy Dennis, Phyllis Diller, Gary Lockwood) – Classic Movie Review 4049

William Inge won the 1962 Oscar for his Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Splendor in the Grass (1961), this original 1961 tale about adolescent sweethearts whose lives are shattered when their […]

Jul, 19

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