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Corridor of Mirrors *** (1948, Eric Portman, Edana Romney, Barbara Mullen, Hugh Sinclair, Joan Maude, Lois Maxwell, Alan Wheatley) – Classic Movie Review 4449

The 1948 British noir mystery thriller film Corridor of Mirrors stars Eric Portman and Edana Romney in her sole starring vehicle, and is the film debut of both director Terence Young and Christopher Lee. Eric […]

Oct, 02

The Toxic Avenger *** (1984, Andrée Marander, Mitchell Cohen, Pat Ryan, Mark Torgl) – Classic Movie Review 4380

Nerdy mop boy janitor Melvin Junko (Mark Torgl) falls into a vat of toxic nuclear waste and new superhero ‘old goo-goo eyes’ is born. And then, as The Toxic Avenger (Mitchell Cohen), he sets out to save the […]

Sep, 18

Birth **** (2004, Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Lauren Bacall, Danny Huston, Arliss Howard, Anne Heche, Peter Stormare, Ted Levine) – Classic Movie Review 4359

Young widow Anna (Nicole Kidman) is about to marry her fiancé Joseph (Danny Huston), 10 years after her first husband Sean (Michael Desautels) died of a heart attack. A ten-year-old boy turns up in her swanky New […]

Sep, 13

Cahill US Marshal *** (1973, John Wayne, George Kennedy, Gary Grimes, Neville Brand, Clay O’Brien, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 4254

Gary Grimes’s mere six film credits include Cahill US Marshal (1973), where he stars as Danny Cahill alongside John Wayne’s Marshal J D Cahill. Though a bit creaky at the joints, John Wayne at 66 still has enough […]

Aug, 28

The Indian in the Cupboard **½ (1995, Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 4068

Director Frank Oz’s 1993 children’s movie boasts a screenplay by Melissa Mathison, the writer of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and adapter of The BFG (2016). In the story, a nine-year-old boy called Omri (Hal Scardino) is […]

Jul, 23

The Boy with Green Hair **** (1948, Dean Stockwell, Pat O’Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Samuel S Hinds, Walter Catlett, Regis Toomey, Russ Tamblyn) – Classic Movie Review 4025

Director Joseph Losey’s heartwarming and intelligent 1948 parable story about being different and an outcast showcases a lovely winning performance from 12-year-old little Dean Stockwell as war orphan Peter Frye. Peter is a typical American kid who is […]

Jul, 15

The Browning Version ** (1994, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Matthew Modine, Julian Sands, Greta Scacchi, Ben Silverstone, Maryam D’Abo) – Classic Movie Review 4013

Albert Finney tries very hard in director Mike Figgis’s completely unwanted 1994 remake of The Browning Version, the fine 1951 film version of Terence Rattigan’s touching one-act play. It is now way out of its time, […]

Jul, 13

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