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FTA [Free the Army] *** (1972, Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland) – Classic Movie Review 11,934

‘The show the Pentagon couldn’t stop!’ – but the White House stopped the film show, apparently. ‘Hanoi Jane’ Fonda and her then lover Donald Sutherland bring back the bitter flavour of the anti-Vietnam movement of […]

Feb, 15

The Long Day’s Dying ** (1968, David Hemmings, Tony Beckley, Tom Bell, Alan Dobie) – Classic Movie Review 11,675

Director Peter Collinson’s grim and gloomy 1968 film The Long Day’s Dying is based on a 1962 novel by Alan White, and stars David Hemmings, Tony Beckley, Tom Bell and Alan Dobie. Despite a screenplay […]

Oct, 24

The Americanization of Emily *** (1964, Julie Andrews, James Garner, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Liz Fraser, Joyce Grenfell, Edward Binns, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 6537

Julie Andrews and James Garner shine in director Arthur Hiller’s amusing 1964 dark-toned sex comedy, set in the UK during the build-up to D-Day in 1944. It was nominated for two Oscars. Julie Andrews plays […]

Jan, 08

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ***** (1921, Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry, Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard, Nigel De Brulier, Alan Hale Sr, Jean Hersholt, Wallace Beery) – Classic Movie Review 3,051

UK cinema chain Odeon said it is closing five cinemas on 5 June 2023: Magdalen Street, Oxford; Rigby Road, Blackpool; Weston-super-mare; Ayr; and Banbury. Built by Frank Matcham, the 1,000-seat Oxford Odeon opened with The […]

Nov, 12

Coming Home ***** (1978, Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty) – Classic Movie Review 2053

Director Hal Ashby’s high-impact, liberal-minded, issue-led 1978 triple Oscar-winning classic triumphed at the Academy Awards. Jon Voight and Jane Fonda won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress as Luke Martin, a bitter, wheelchair-bound Vietnam […]

Jan, 06

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