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- Take My Life *** (1947, Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, Marius Goring, Francis L Sullivan, Rosalie Crutchley) – Classic Movie Review 13,480
- Conclave ***** (2024, Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini) – Classic Movie Review 13,479
- Scott and Sid *** (2021, Richard Mason, Tom Blyth, Charlotte Milchard) – Classic Movie Review 13,478
- Dual Alibi ** (1947, Herbert Lom, Phyllis Dixey, Ronald Frankau, Terence De Marney, Abraham Sofaer, Eugene Deckers, Ben Williams) – Classic Movie Review 13,477
- Four Friends [Georgia’s Friends] [Georgia] *** (1981, Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Michael Huddleston, Jim Metzler, Reed Birney) – Classic Movie Review 13,476
- The Last Shot You Hear ** (1969, Hugh Marlowe, Zena Walker, Patricia Haines, William Dysart) – Classic Movie Review 13,475
- Catacombs [The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die] *** (1964, Gary Merrill, Jane Merrow, Neil McCallum, Georgina Cookson) – Classic Movie Review 13,474
- Plainclothes *** (2025, Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Amy Forsyth, Christian Cooke, Maria Dizzia) – Classic Movie Review 13,473
- The Capture *** (1950, Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, Victor Jory) – Classic Movie Review 13,472
- The Avenging Hand ** (1936, Noah Beery Sr, Kathleen Kelly, Louis Borel) – Classic Movie Review 13,471
Oliver’s Story ** (1978, Ryan O’Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett, Ray Milland) – Classic Movie Review 9773
The 1978 Oliver’s Story is the follow-on to the 1970 smash hit Love Story, with Ryan O’Neal back as love-struck Oliver Barrett. Co-screenwriter/ director John Korty’s 1978 romantic drama sequel Oliver’s Story is the largely […]
Olivier, Olivier **** (1992, Brigitte Roüan, François Cluzet, Jean-François Stévenin, Grégoire Colin) – Classic Movie Review 9772
Writer-director Agnieszka Holland’s 1991 drama Olivier, Olivier is her underrated successor to her 1990 hit Europa Europa. It is an extremely affecting tale of a distraught French suburban family who eagerly embrace the broke rent-boy […]
Olympia ***** (1938, dir Leni Riefenstahl) – Classic Movie Review 9771
Writer-producer-director Leni Riefenstahl’s 1938 documentary film Olympia [Die Olympischen Spiele] [Olympiad] is an unhealthy paean to the Nazi belief in the power of the body beautiful and the rigours of the outdoor lifestyle, which is […]
Los Olvidados [The Young and the Damned] ***** (1950, Alfonso Mejía, Miguel Inclán, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda) – Classic Movie Review 9770
Director Luis Buñuel’s incisive, but unsentimental and deliberately non-judgmental 1950 Mexican film Los Olvidados [The Young and the Damned] tackles the appalling living conditions in the slums of Mexico City and their effect on a […]
The Plough and the Stars ** (Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Barry Fitzgerald, Una O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 9769
The 1936 film The Plough and the Stars is John Ford’s failed labour-of-love version of the Sean O’Casey play about the 1916 Irish rebellion, centring on Nora Clitheroe (Barbara Stanwyck)’s fight to stop her rebel […]
Only You ** (1992, Andrew McCarthy, Kelly Preston, Helen Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 9768
Director Betty Thomas’s 1992 film Only You stars Andrew McCarthy as dollhouse furniture designer Clifford Godfrey, who is rejected by his perfect lover on the eve of their vacation. But the trip is on again […]
The Ploughman’s Lunch **** (1983, Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry, Rosemary Harris, Frank Finlay, Bill Paterson) – Classic Movie Review 9767
Director Richard Eyre’s intelligent and well-observed 1983 political British drama film The Ploughman’s Lunch stars Jonathan Pryce, who is creepy and convincing as James Penfield, an egotistical radio journalist, who writes a book on Suez […]
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- Take My Life *** (1947, Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, Marius Goring, Francis L Sullivan, Rosalie Crutchley) – Classic Movie Review 13,480
- Conclave ***** (2024, Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini) – Classic Movie Review 13,479
- Scott and Sid *** (2021, Richard Mason, Tom Blyth, Charlotte Milchard) – Classic Movie Review 13,478
- Dual Alibi ** (1947, Herbert Lom, Phyllis Dixey, Ronald Frankau, Terence De Marney, Abraham Sofaer, Eugene Deckers, Ben Williams) – Classic Movie Review 13,477
- Four Friends [Georgia’s Friends] [Georgia] *** (1981, Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Michael Huddleston, Jim Metzler, Reed Birney) – Classic Movie Review 13,476
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