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The Card Counter *** (2021, Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe) – Movie Review

Writer-director Paul Schrader’s 2021 American crime drama film The Card Counter stars Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, and Willem Dafoe. Martin Scorsese is notable as one of the many executive producers. It has two enormously high cards in its hand: Oscar Isaac’s […]

Dec, 07

The Confession [L’Aveu] **** (1970, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti) – Classic Movie Review 10,968

Yves Montand is a powerful presence in the intense, exciting and revealing true-story political thriller The Confession [L’Aveu] [La Confessione], based on the story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London, that tellingly concentrates on the documentary-style […]

Feb, 27

Best Revenge ** (1984, John Heard, Levon Helm, Alberta Watson) – Classic Movie Review 9909

Director John Trent’s 1984 Canadian film Best Revenge stars John Heard as Charlie, a small-time dealer who finds himself blackmailed and out of his depth, and joins Bo (Levon Helm) in Spain for a $4 […]

Jun, 14

The Rack ** (1956, Paul Newman, Walter Pidgeon, Edmond O’Brien, Lee Marvin, Cloris Leachman, Wendell Corey, Anne Francis) – Classic Movie Review 9522

Director Arnold Laven’s 1956 MGM black and white Korean War drama The Rack is rarely shown and virtually forgotten, despite its inherent interest as drama and a cast that includes Paul Newman, Walter Pidgeon, Edmond […]

Mar, 17

Day of Anger [I Giorni dell’ira] **** (1967, Lee Van Cleef, Giuliano Gemma, Walter Rilla) – Classic Movie Review 9322

Director Tonino Valerii’s excellent spaghetti action Western Day of Anger [I Giorni dell’ira] (1967) stars Lee Van Cleef, Giuliano Gemma and Walter Rilla. Giuliano Gemma plays Scott Mary, garbage boy and toilet cleaner in the […]

Jan, 30

The Little Drummer Girl ** (1984, Diane Keaton, Yorgo Voyagis, Klaus Kinski, Sami Frey, Michael Cristofer, David Suchet) – Classic Movie Review 9278

Director George Roy Hill’s disappointing 1984 thriller The Little Drummer Girl stars Diane Keaton, whose performance as a naive pro-Palestinian American actress called Charlie involved in spying in the Arab-Israel conflict just about saves a […]

Jan, 19

Vengeance ** (1968, Richard Harrison, Claudio Camaso, Spela Rozin, Werner Pochath, Paolo Gozlino) – Classic Movie Review 8841

‘FIVE MEN HELD THE BALANCE OF DEATH… …his revenge explodes in a blaze of hellfire!’ Director Anthony M Dawson’s fairly appetising 1968 Spaghetti Western Vengeance [Joko, Invoca Dio… e Muori] was shot in Almería, Andalucía, […]

Aug, 19

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