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Airport ‘80: The Concorde ** (1979, Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, Sylvia Kristel) – Classic Movie Review 5428

‘At twice the speed of sound, can the Concorde evade attack?’ Well, what do you think? Director David Lowell Rich’s 1979 fourth and final Airport series movie is a lumbering disaster movie epic that’s at […]

May, 10

Batman: The Movie *** (1966, Adam West, Burt Ward, Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Burgess Meredith, Lee Meriwether, Alan Napier) – Classic Movie Review 5107

Director Leslie Martinson’s campy, spoofy, amusing and still very fondly remembered 1966 cinema movie spin-off from the Sixties TV show Batman (1966-68) delivers the goods to nostalgia buffs in a movie that is real good […]

Mar, 06

The Looking Glass War **½ (1970, Christopher Jones, Ralph Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Rogers, Pia Degermark, Susan George, Anna Massey) – Classic Movie Review 4849

Writer-director Frank R Pierson’s 1970 British thriller The Looking Glass War is a passable espionage entertainment, but it is hardly an ideal version of John le Carré’s thoughtful 1965 spy novel about the British intelligence […]

Jan, 05

The Space Children ** (1958, Adam Williams, Peggy Webber, Michel Ray, Jackie Coogan) – Classic Movie Review 4042

‘Slowly…and with horror the parents realized THEIR CHILDREN WERE THE SLAVES OF THE THING FROM OUTER SPACE!’ Director Jack Arnold’s 1958 Paramount movie is a slice of some simple sci-fi silliness with a peace-mongering moral message that […]

Jul, 18

Rockets Galore! *** (1958, Donald Sinden, Jeannie Carson, Roland Culver, Jean Cadell, Gordon Jackson, Ronnie Corbett) – Classic Movie Review 1642

Co-producer/ director Michael Relph’s belated 1958 sequel to the 1949 hit Whisky Galore! is friendly, pleasant and amusing, but not always sparkling and sometimes sluggish. Nice though it is, it doesn’t have quite the same spark […]

Sep, 06

Thirteen Days **** (2000, Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood) – Classic Movie Review 1502

In director Roger Donaldson’s long but compelling real-life 2000 nailbiting thriller, Kevin Costner plays Kenny O’Donnell, the top adviser to President John F Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood). O’Donnell is desperately seeking a way to stop America […]

Jul, 31

Never Say Never Again *** (1983, Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Barbara Carrera, Bernie Casey, Alec McCowen, Edward Fox) – Classic Movie Review 990

Director Irving Kershner’s 1983 007 spy movie Never Say Never Again stars a fit-looking 52-year-old Sean Connery, who confidently returns for a one-off grab at his James Bond crown in a remake of the 1965 […]

Mar, 25

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