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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer **** (1938, Tommy Kelly, Victor Jory, Walter Brennan, Jackie Moran, May Robson) – Classic Movie Review 3344

Director Norman Taurog and producer David O Selznick’s 1938 movie adaptation of Mark Twain’s beloved 1876 children’s favourite classic adventure story is a thoroughly enjoyable vintage entertainment. It is the first film version of the novel […]

Feb, 11

Son of Rambow **** (2007, Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Stevenson, Eric Sykes, Anna Wing) – Classic Movie Review 3283

Wild laughter and goofy nostalgia are on the tasty menu for this superlative little action adventure comedy movie about misspent youth from writer-director Garth Jennings, who also filmed The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Back […]

Jan, 19

Phantasm *** (1979, Angus Scrimm, A Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister) – Classic Movie Review 3275

The 6′ 4″ evil screen villain Angus Scrimm (aka Lawrence Rory Guy), most famous as The Tall Man in Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm (1979) and its sequels, died at the age of 89 on January 9, 2016. His […]

Jan, 17

The Brave One **** (1956, Michel Ray, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr, Elsa Cárdenas, Fermin Rivera) – Classic Movie Review 3260

Director Irving Rapper’s 1956 rarely-shown or little-remembered family drama movie can now be properly recalled thanks to the film Trumbo (2015) that tells the story of its writing. The Brave One won an Oscar for […]

Jan, 12

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves *** (1944, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Turhan Bey, Kurt Katch, Frank Puglia, Andy Devine) – Classic Movie Review 3205

Universal Pictures studio’s lavish, Technicolor-full exotic wartime fairy tale is daft but pacey and jolly, and very popular in its day thanks to the allure of the Jon Hall-Maria Montez duo. It was meant to […]

Dec, 31

Room **** (2015, Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H Macy, Sean Bridgers) – Movie Review

Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay star as Ma and Jack, a devoted mother and her spirited five-year-old son, who are trapped in a windowless, 10-foot by 10-foot room, where bizarrely Ma tries to create a life for them […]

Dec, 21

The Pagemaster ** (1994, Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr, Mel Harris) – Classic Movie Review 2854

The Pagemaster is a well-meaning but only modestly engaging 1994 mix of cartoon (directed by Maurice Hunt) and live action (directed by the 1995 Jumanji‘s Joe Johnston) plus a worthy message: ‘Books are good for you!’ […]

Aug, 27

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