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One Touch of Venus *** (1948, Ava Gardner, Robert Walker, Eve Arden, Dick Haymes) – Classic Movie Review 13,000

Boy (Robert Walker) loves statue of Venus (Ava Gardner), the goddess of love, statue comes to life, they sing songs. The 1948 romantic musical comedy film One Touch of Venus is based on the hit […]

Jul, 21

Men in War *** (1957, Robert Ryan, Robert Keith, Aldo Ray, Vic Morrow) – Classic Movie Review 12,991

‘The part of the military machine that bleeds!’ ‘One more step and I’ll fill your guts with lead!’ Director Anthony Mann’s 1957 war film Men in War is based on the novel Combat by Van […]

Jul, 10

No Place for Jennifer ** (1950, Leo Genn, Rosamund John, Janette Scott, Beatrice Campbell, Guy Middleton) – Classic Movie Review 12,973

The heart-tugging 1950 British film No Place for Jennifer stars Janette Scott as the young girl Jennifer who is traumatised when her parents divorce and her father remarries. Director Henry Cass’s 1950 British film No […]

Jun, 28

Siberia and Him *** (2019, Ilya Shubochkin, Viatcheslav Kopturevskiy, Anastasia Voskresenskaya) – Classic Movie Review 12,958

Viatcheslav Kopturevskiy’s 2019 Russian-language gay-themed doomed love affair film Siberia and Him could hardly be bleaker or more austere. But it’s quite intense and very well made and beautifully shot. Two men – Viatcheslav Kopturevsky […]

Jun, 20

Death Goes to School ** (1953, Barbara Murray, Gordon Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 12,957

‘A Killer Strikes in a World of Women!’ Stalwart players Barbara Murray and Gordon Jackson come to the rescue of director Stephen Clarkson’s merely moderate 1953 British murder mystery film Death Goes to School. ‘A […]

Jun, 20

Saloon Bar *** (1940, Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan, Mervyn Johns) – Classic Movie Review 12,956

‘Something More Than Just a Thriller!’ Director Walter Forde’s delightfully humorous 1940 Ealing Studios British comedy thriller film Saloon Bar is based on the 1939 play by Frank Harvey, and stars Gordon Harker in his […]

Jun, 20

The Hitman ** (1991, Chuck Norris, Michael Parks, Al Waxman, Alberta Watson) – Classic Movie Review 12,955

The 1991 action thriller film The Hitman is a routine affair, with Chuck Norris as a cop who sets out for revenge by going undercover as a hit man. But it is saved by the […]

Jun, 19

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