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Five Weeks in a Balloon *** (1962, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, Red Buttons, Richard Haydn, Billy Gilbert, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Herbert Marshall, Reginald Owen, Henry Daniell, BarBara Luna) – Classic Movie Review 11,538

Up, up and away with Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, Red Buttons, Richard Haydn, Barbara Eden and Fabian. Director Irwin Allen’s 1962 adventure film Five Weeks in a Balloon stars Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, Red Buttons, […]

Aug, 31

Le Ballon Rouge [The Red Balloon] ***** (1956, Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier) – Classic Movie Review 7291

Writer-director Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 delightful world-famous short film The Red Balloon (Le Ballon Rouge) is legendary. Lamorisse won the 1957 Oscar for Best Writing, Best Screenplay – Original – the only person ever to have received this […]

Jul, 14

Enduring Love *** (2004, Rhys Ifans, Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, Bill Nighy, Susan Lynch, Corin Redgrave, Ben Whishaw) – Classic Movie Review 6892

Director Roger Michell’s weird, haunting and tantalising 2004 British film Enduring Love is written by screenwriter Joe Penhall, based on the 1997 novel by Ian McEwan. The story concerns the perfect picnic of Joe (Daniel Craig) and […]

Apr, 07

Operation Mad Ball ** (1957, Jack Lemmon, , Ernie Kovacs, Mickey Rooney, Kathryn Grant, Dick York, James Darren, Arthur O’Connell, Roger Smith) – Classic Movie Review 6237

Jack Lemmon stars as US Army hospital Private Hogan in director Richard Quine’s slightly flat, faded and dated 1957 farce about American soldiers in post-World war Two France trying to meet some protected French maidens […]

Nov, 12

It **** (2017, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Jack Dylan Grazer, Chosen Jacobs, Bill Skarsgård) – Movie Review

New Line’s cinema movie of Stephen King’s horror film It (2017) was in development for seven years before filming began and has had a tricky production history. Happily, none of this shows in a polished, stylish production. It […]

Sep, 11

Mysterious Island *** (1961, Michael Craig, Herbert Lom, Joan Greenwood, Gary Merrill, Michael Callan, Percy Herbert, Beth Rogan) – Classic Movie Review 3722

Director Cy Endfield’s 1961 British adventure movie is produced by Charles H Schneer. Michael Craig and Michael Callan star as embattled American Civil War soldiers, officers Captain Cyrus Harding (Craig) and Herbert Brown (Callan), who […]

May, 19

Around the World in 80 Days *** (2004, Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cécile De France, Jim Broadbent) – Classic Movie Review 2453

Director Frank Coraci’s 2004 remake of producer Mike Todd’s 1956 five-Oscar-winning original stars a reasonably well-cast Steve Coogan. He makes a fair stab at his big star role as Jules Verne’s 1899-set Victorian inventor and […]

May, 04

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