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The Fatal Glass of Beer *** (1933, W C Fields, Rosemary Theby, George Chandler) – Classic Movie Review 9784

Director Clyde Bruckman’s 1933 comedy short The Fatal Glass of Beer is an only modestly amusing W C Fields two-reeler, in which he plays Pa Snavely, a Yukon prospector/ trapper married to Ma Snavely (Rosemary […]

May, 17

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo ** (1937, Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field) – Classic Movie Review 8689

Alas, director Eugene Forde’s 1938 thriller Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo is Warner Oland’s last Chan adventure, and it is hard to get excited about its plot concerning missing metallurgic bonds while Chan is on […]

Jul, 09

Spectre ***½ (2015, Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Dave Bautista, Naomie Harris) – Movie Review

Daniel Craig is back for his fourth Bond movie in director Sam Mendes‘s sequel to his smash-hit Skyfall (2012). It’s hard to follow the most successful 007 movie, but they’ve done a pretty bang-up job, […]

Oct, 22

You Only Live Twice **** (1967, Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Karin Dor) – Classic Movie Review 1025

Director Lewis Gilbert’s spectacular 1967 spy adventure You Only Live Twice is the fifth Bond movie. It boasts the astounding Japanese volcano that opens up to reveal an underground space station and has 007 Sean […]

Mar, 31

For Your Eyes Only **** (1981, Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Julian Glover) – Classic Movie Review 1024

The 1981 spy film For Your Eyes Only is James Bond movie number 12, with Roger Moore happily back, a spunky heroine in Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock, and Chaim Topol and Julian Glover oddly […]

Mar, 30

Die Another Day *** (2002, Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike) – Classic Movie Review 408

Forty years on from Dr No, in 2002, James Bond finds that diamonds are forever as he investigates a Korean terrorist and a diamond broker. All the usual 007 elements are shaken and pretty well […]

Nov, 16

The World Is Not Enough *** (1999, Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards, Judi Dench) – Classic Movie Review 407

Ice cold secret agent Pierce Brosnan returns in 1999 for his third 007 film in The World Is Not Enough, another flashy, fast-moving if predictable entry, directed by Michael Apted. In it James Bond tries to […]

Nov, 16

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