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Law of Desire **** (1987, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina, Eusebio Poncela) – Classic Movie Review 3570

Writer-director Pedro Almodóvar’s amusingly provocative 1987 Spanish comedy drama about two male lovers and the sex-change sister (Carmen Maura) of one of them is a highly animated and deliciously extravagant movie. Eusebio Poncela stars as Pablo, who writes […]

Apr, 16

Halls of Montezuma **** (1950, Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone, Jack Webb) – Classic Movie Review 3505

Director Lewis Milestone’s patriotic 1950 war movie stars Richard Widmark, who is on fine fighting form as Lieutenant Carl Anderson, the former school teacher who turns a rag-tag company of American Marines into an effective fighting […]

Mar, 26

Gidget Goes Hawaiian ** (1961, James Darren, Michael Callan, Deborah Walley, Carl Reiner) – Classic Movie Review 3385

A pleasant Deborah Walley takes over from Sandra Dee as the 15-year-old ‘girl midget’ Gidget in this modest but nice-looking first sequel to Gidget (1959). And, guess what?, she’s off to Hawaii on vacation with […]

Feb, 20

Gidget *** (1959, Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O’Connell, Mary LaRoche) – Classic Movie Review 3,384

Sandra Dee stars in director Paul Wendkos’s wholesome-as-apple-pie 1959 teen comedy film Gidget, as young Francie Lawrence aka the Gidget, who is initiated into the California surf culture during one formative summer. As a result, […]

Feb, 19

The Amazing Mr X [The Spiritualist] *** (1948, Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O’Donnell, Richard Carlson) – Classic Movie Review 3316

Director Bernard Vorhaus’s intriguing and effectively handled 1948 B-movie film noir mystery thriller stars Lynn Bari as a widow called Christine Faber, who is trying to put her life back together two years after the accidental death […]

Feb, 03

Sahara ** (2005, Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Lambert Wilson, William H Macy, Delroy Lindo, Rainn Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 3198

Propelled by two far-fetched plotlines (the warship, the plague), director Breck Eisner’s 2005 old-style high-adventure comedy action movie gets sillier by the minute. But the Moroccan-filmed scenery is breathtaking as filmed by cinematographer Seamus McGarvey […]

Dec, 30

Pierrot le Fou **** (1965, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani) – Classic Movie Review 3139

Writer-director Jean-Luc Godard’s deservedly celebrated 1965 French classic borrows its plot from the American thriller genre. Jean-Paul Belmondo, from Godard’s Breathless (À bout de souffle), again stars for the French New Wave maestro as Ferdinand Griffon, ‘Pierrot’ […]

Dec, 08

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