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- Walk on Water **** (2004, Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters) – Classic Movie Review 13,254
- The Secret of the Whistler *** (1946, Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Michael Duane, Mary Currier, Mona Barrie, Claire Du Brey) – Classic Movie Review 13,253
- Kiss the Boys Goodbye **½ (1941, Don Ameche, Mary Martin, Oscar Levant) – Classic Movie Review 13,252
- Forbidden Cargo ** (1954, Nigel Patrick, Elizabeth Sellars, Terence Morgan, Jack Warner, Greta Gynt, Joyce Grenfell, Theodore Bikel) – Classic Movie Review 13,251
- Voice of the Whistler **½ (1945, Richard Dix, Lynn Merrick, Rhys Williams, James Cardwell) – Classic Movie Review 13,250
- Liuben *** (2023, Dimitar Nikolov, Bojidar Iankov Asenov, Dimitar Banenkin, David de Gea, Stefan Denolyubov, Ramón Esquinas, Stoyan Radev, Antonia San Juan) – Classic Movie Review 13,249
- The Power of the Whistler *** (1945, Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell) – Classic Movie Review 13,248
- Bond Street ** (1948, Jean Kent, Roland Young, Kathleen Harrison, Derek Farr, Hazel Court, Ronald Howard) – Classic Movie Review 13,247
- Testosterone ** (2003, David Sutcliffe, Celina Font, Antonio Sabato Jr, Jennifer Coolidge, Sonia Braga) – Classic Movie Review 13,246
- The Cabinet of Dr Caligari *** (2005, Judson Pearce Morgan, Daamen J Krall, Doug Jones, Lauren Birkell) – Classic Movie Review 13,245
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The Game Is Over [La Curée] ** (1966, Jane Fonda, Michel Piccoli, Peter McEnery) – Classic Movie Review 7558
Director Roger Vadim’s teasingly steamy 1966 The Game Is Over [La curée] stars Jane Fonda in her glorious prime as Renée Saccard, the selfish young wife of a middle-aged Parisian businessman Alexandre (Michel Piccoli), who falls […]
Mother Carey’s Chickens *** (1938, Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, Fay Bainter, James Ellison, Walter Brennan) – Classic Movie Review 7363
Director Rowland V Lee’s attractive 1938 RKO black and white Mother Carey’s Chickens is notable in itself but especially as it stars a wonderful cast – Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, Fay Bainter, James Ellison, Walter […]
Girl of the Night *** (1960, Anne Francis, Lloyd Nolan, Kay Medford, John Kerr) – Classic Movie Review 7246
Get ready for ‘An Exciting Step Forward Into a New Realm of Adult Motion Pictures!’ Director Joseph Cates’s interesting 1960 black and white Warner Bros call girl drama Girl of the Night stars Anne Francis, […]
Désirée ** (1954, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie, Cameron Mitchell, Elizabeth Sellars) – Classic Movie Review 7144
Director Henry Koster’s 1954 Désirée is an undesirable, wan, pointlessly fictionalised version of the Napoleon story, with a miscast Marlon Brando looking forlorn and unhappy as young Napoleon Bonaparte. There are not many sparks either from […]
Fear Strikes Out *** (1957, Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore) – Classic Movie Review 7,140
The 1957 drama film Fear Strikes Out stars young Anthony Perkins as Jimmy Piersall, a shy, fearful youth plunged into mental turmoil over his father (Karl Malden)’s overpowering need to make him a baseball player. […]
Leave No Trace **** (2018, Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Jeff Kober, Dale Dickey) – Movie Review
Co-writer/ director Debra Granik’s haunting 2018 outsider survivalist drama Leave No Trace is totally compelling and absolutely first rate. Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie star as troubled dad Will and his surprisingly grown-up 13-year-old daughter Tom, […]
Nine Hours to Rama ** (1963, Horst Buchholz, José Ferrer, Diane Baker, Robert Morley, Harry Andrews, Valerie Gearon) – Classic Movie Review 6401
Director Mark Robson’s 1962 drama is based on the novel by Stanley Wolpert and handsomely made in India. It offers a fictionalised account of Hindu militant activist Nathuram Godse (Horst Buchholz)’s plan to kill Mahatma […]