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Circle of Danger *** (1951, Ray Milland, Patricia Roc, Marius Goring, Naunton Wayne, Hugh Sinclair) – Classic Movie Review 8,271

Jacques Tourneur’s suspenseful 1951 mystery thriller film Circle of Danger stars Ray Milland as a tough American who comes to Britain to investigate his army commando brother’s suspicious death. Director Jacques Tourneur’s suspenseful 1951 mystery […]

Mar, 20

The Aftermath ** (2019, Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, Jason Clarke, Fionn O’Shea, Kate Phillips, Martin Compston) – Movie Review

The Aftermath (2019) is slow, dull, yawn-inducing retro cinema, with a plodding, predictable story that has one or two good scenes but barely entertains at all. Where is its relevance? Where is its fascination and […]

Mar, 16

The Entity *** (1982, Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa) – Classic Movie Review 8218

Director Sidney J Furie’s underrated 1983 The Entity stars Barbara Hershey as a single-mom psychiatrist called Carla Moran who thinks she is dreaming up the thing – an unseen presence or invisible demon – that […]

Mar, 09

On Dangerous Ground **** (1951, Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond) – Classic Movie Review 8189

Director Nicholas Ray’s distinguished 1951 film noir drama On Dangerous Ground stars Robert Ryan as brutal, obsessive city police detective Jim Wilson, who sees the error of his savage ways when he is sent upstate […]

Mar, 02
Man in the Moon ** (1960, Kenneth More, Shirley Anne Field, Michael Hordern, Norman Bird) – Classic Movie Review 8161

Man in the Moon ** (1960, Kenneth More, Shirley Anne Field, Michael Hordern, Norman Bird) – Classic Movie Review 8161

Director Basil Dearden’s silly 1960 British black and white satirical comedy Man in the Moon tackles the then topical subject of sending the first astronaut into space. It is occasionally amusing, but mostly it is […]

Feb, 21

Action of the Tiger ** (1957, Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, Gustavo Rojo, Anthony Dawson, José Nieto, Helen Haye, Anna Gerbern, Sean Connery) – Classic Movie Review 8140

Director Terence Young’s busy and capably handled but cardboard 1957 action adventure Action of the Tiger stars Van Johnson as Carson, a manly American contraband runner and mercenary hired by glamorous blonde French woman Tracy […]

Feb, 17

Raising a Riot *** (1955, Kenneth More, Shelagh Fraser, Mandy Miller) – Classic Movie Review 8116

Director Wendy Toye’s bright and breezy 1955 Technicolor British comedy Raising a Riot stars Kenneth More as Tony Kent, who has just had three years in the Navy and returns home to discover that his […]

Feb, 11

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