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Shy People **½ (1987, Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton) – Classic Movie Review 9908

The 1987 Shy People is Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky’s fourth film in the West, following Maria’s Lovers, Runaway Train and Duet for One. It is a semi-successful oddity, and boasts an excellent performance by Jill […]

Jun, 14

The Rescuers *** (1977, voices of Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Page) – Classic Movie Review 8183

The 1977 cartoon capers of two mice Bernard and Miss Bianca (voiced by Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor) The Rescuers marked a welcome return to form in both the quality of animation and the story […]

Mar, 01

The Traveling Executioner [The Travelling Executioner] ** (1970, Stacy Keach, Marianna Hill, Bud Cort) – Classic Movie Review 6850

Producer-director Jack Smight’s 1970 thriller stars Stacy Keach, who brings a little distinction to this weird, macabre entertainment about ex-carny Jonas Candide (Keach), an operator of a portable electric chair in 1918. Marianna Hill co-stars […]

Mar, 24

A Lion is in the Streets *** (1953, James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson, John McIntire, Jeanne Cagney, Lon Chaney Jr) – Classic Movie Review 6340

Director Raoul Walsh’s 1953 film tells a steamy story along the familiar lines of the power corrupts theme, but it comes up fresh again as it is powerfully and briskly done in the hands of […]

Dec, 01

Heaven’s Prisoners *** (1995, Alec Baldwin, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kelly Lynch, Teri Hatcher, Eric Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 5436

Alec Baldwin showcases his hardened neo-Bogart tough-guy turn again to much advantage as director Phil Joanou turns up the heat on this tough-edged, hardboiled 1995 thriller. Baldwin plays Dave Robicheaux, the drink-addicted ex-New Orleans cop […]

May, 12

The Town That Dreaded Sundown *** (2014, Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Anthony Anderson, Joshua Leonard, Gary Cole) – Movie Review

Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s masked killer movie is an effective, creepy, clever and stylish reworking and updating of an old horror favourite. It’s just a little bit different with its references to the 1976 original movie, setting it out […]

Apr, 11

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