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The Devil’s Disciple *** (1959, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Eva Le Gallienne, Janette Scott, Harry Andrews, Basil Sydney) – Classic Movie Review 8997

Despite the special cast, director Guy Hamilton’s 1959 black and white comedy drama The Devil’s Disciple is an only so-so film of George Bernard Shaw’s intriguing play about Dick Dudgeon (Kirk Douglas), the son of […]

Oct, 20

Revolution * (1985, Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski) – Classic Movie Review 6958

Director Hugh Hudson’s costly and ambitious but doomed 1985 historical drama Revolution proved a disaster for the British director, who misguidedly examines what it was like to be swept up in the American War of […]

Apr, 22

1776 *** (1972, William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, David Ford, Blythe Danner, Ron Holgate) – Classic Movie Review 6273

Director Peter H Hunt’s 1972 movie is an interesting but ordinary film of Sherman Edwards’s hit Broadway stage musical about America’s independence. The Broadway production won 1969 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Featured Actor in […]

Nov, 20

The Patriot **** (2000, Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs, Joely Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 1139

In director Roland Emmerich’s grand, glossy, epic-scale 2000 American War of Independence adventure drama, Mel Gibson plays Benjamin Martin, a peace-loving American reluctantly swept into the American Revolutionary War when his family is threatened. It’s shamefully unhistorical, […]

Apr, 23

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