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The Final Programme *** (1973, Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre, Hugh Griffith, Patrick Magee, Sterling Hayden, Julie Ege, Harry Andrews, Graham Crowden, George Coulouris) Classic Movie Review 12,391

Robert Fuest’s 1973 dystopian, darkly humorous and very stylish sci-fi thriller film The Final Programme stars Jon Finch as a playboy physicist who reveals a scheme for the creation of an ideal, self-replicating, immortal human […]

Jan, 13

Yellow Submarine ***** (1968, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) – Classic Movie Review 6153

Director George Dunning’s stupendous 1968 animated feature Yellow Submarine is a hugely enjoyable psychedelic cartoon film of The Beatles’ surreal journey with Captain Fred and his Yellow Submarine to save Pepperland from the music-hating Blue […]

Oct, 29

Psych-Out *** (1968, Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Adam Roarke, Max Julien, Henry Jaglom) – Classic Movie Review 3868

‘These are the PLEASURE LOVERS! They’ll ask for a dime with hungry eyes… but they’ll give you love– for NOTHING!’ Or maybe this sells it better: ‘Hear Incense & Peppermints by the Strawberry Alarm Clock’. […]

Jun, 15

Embrace of the Serpent [El abrazo de la serpiente] **** (2015, Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar, Brionne Davis) – Movie Review

This enthralling, spectacular looking historical adventure from Colombian director and writer Ciro Guerra (born 1981) is a fascinating contradiction. It is at once both chilly and emotional. It is poetical and political. It is both easily accessible […]

Jun, 03

Danger: Diabolik **** (1967, John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi, Terry-Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 3,528

Mario Bava’s bravura 1967 live-action comic film Danger: Diabolik stars the engaging John Phillip Law as black-clad master thief Diabolik, and rattles along from one hairy adventure to the next. It is a triumph of […]

Apr, 04

Head *** (1968, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Victor Mature, Annette Funicello, Timothy Carey) – Classic Movie Review 2885

Co-writer/director Bob Rafelson’s 1968 movie Head stars the Sixties TV starring and chart topping pop group The Monkees (Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith) in a riot of psychedelic, surrealist visuals and caustic […]

Sep, 07

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