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Anna Lucasta *** (1958, Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr, Henry Scott, Rex Ingram) – Classic Movie Review 12,672

Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr and Rex Ingram make a fascinating star trio in the 1958 American drama film Anna Lucasta, an all-African-American version of Philip Yordan’s long-running 1944 stage play. Director Arnold Laven’s 1958 […]

Oct, 14

Stormy Weather **** (1943, Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra) – Classic Movie Review 11,349

Stormy Weather (1943): ‘HOORAY FOR RHYTHM! HALLELUJAH FOR FUN’. Director Andrew L Stone’s 1943 black and white film Stormy Weather stars Bill Robinson, Lena Horne, Fats Waller and Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra. […]

Jun, 27

Birth of the Blues *** (1941, Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy) – Classic Movie Review 11,328

‘Strike up the band, here comes happiness, in a merry medley of romance and rhythm’: Birth of the Blues (1941). Director Victor Schertzinger’s 1941 Paramount Pictures musical hit Birth of the Blues stars Bing Crosby, […]

Jun, 20

Ricochet * (1991, Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, Lindsay Wagner) – Classic Movie Review 10,840

Director Russell Mulcahy’s 1991 Ricochet is a wildly tacky and violent action thriller with Denzel Washington as Nick Styles, a former cop turned LA assistant district attorney being dogged by psychopathic killer Earl Talbot Blake […]

Jan, 28

Family of Cops *** (1995, Charles Bronson, Angela Featherstone, Sebastian Spence) – Classic Movie Review 10,662

The 74-year-old Charles Bronson stars as old cop Paul Fein in director Ted Kotcheff’s 1995 Family of Cops, the first of a series of three highly competent TV movie crime thrillers. A well cast Bronson […]

Dec, 13

Malcolm X **** (1992, Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee) – Movie Review 10,259

Director Spike Lee’s ambitious, lengthy but  fast-paced 1992 biopic of the Sixties black activist is given special distinction by Denzel Washington’s Oscar-nominated star tour de force performance, full of power, passion and dignity. Malcolm X […]

Sep, 03

A Rage in Harlem *** (1991, Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Zakes Mokae, Danny Glover) – Classic Movie Review 9980

Director Bill Duke’s 1991 neo noir thriller A Rage in Harlem is based on Chester Himes’s novel and stars Forest Whitaker as clumsy but nice Harlem hero Jackson, who meets and falls for sassy and […]

Jun, 29

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