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The Shanghai Gesture *** (1941, Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Ona Munson) – Classic Movie Review 8924

Director Josef von Sternberg’s stylish directorial flourishes are much in evidence in his exotic 1941 black and white film noir-style crime drama The Shanghai Gesture, a tastefully cleaned-up version of John Colson’s once shocking play, […]

Sep, 21

Shanghai * (1935, Loretta Young, Charles Boyer, Warner Oland) – Classic Movie Review 8690

‘Love Hurls a Challenge… At a Law As Old as Civilization Itself!’ Director James Flood’s turgid 1935 romantic melodrama Shanghai stars Loretta Young as an American woman called Barbara Howard, who stands by a Shanghai financier […]

Jul, 09

Fist of Fury [Jing wu men] *** (1972, Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, James Tien, Jackie Chan, Robert Baker) – Classic Movie Review 4458

Bruce Lee shines again in his enjoyable and entertaining 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film follow-up to his first smash hit The Big Boss (1971), again written and directed by Lo Wei. Lee plays Chen […]

Oct, 05

Shanghai Express ***** (1932, Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Warner Oland, Anna May Wong, Eugene Pallette) – Movie Review 2950

Director Josef von Sternberg’s richly enjoyable 1932 romantic adventure again stars his protégée Marlene Dietrich, who appears on her finest form as a notorious ‘lady of the sleeping cars’, Shanghai Lil. The infamously loose woman […]

Oct, 03

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life *** (2003, Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger) – Classic Movie Review 972

Speed director Jan de Bont’s 2003 Lara Croft sequel proves more than the equal of the highly popular original, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). And Angelina Jolie proves even feistier the second time around as the […]

Mar, 23

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