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Diamonds for Breakfast * (1968, Marcello Mastroianni, Rita Tushingham, Elaine Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 9309

Italian idol Marcello Mastroianni came to Britain to play the Grand Duke Nicholas Wladimirovitch Goduno, a poor but sexy Soviet noble, in director Christopher Morahan’s weird 1968 Swinging Sixties heist caper comedy Diamonds for Breakfast. […]

Jan, 27

The Awakening ** (1980, Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, Stephanie Zimbalist) – Classic Movie Review 7506

Mike Newell makes his debut as cinema director for the 1980 British horror movie The Awakening, a remake of the 1971 Hammer favourite Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb, and also another version of the 1903 Bram Stoker novel […]

Aug, 28

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb ***½ (2014, Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Dan Stevens, Rebel Wilson, Ricky Gervais) – Movie Review

The 2014 comedy film Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb stars Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Dan Stevens, Rebel Wilson, and Ricky Gervais. The museum gang come to London for […]

Dec, 17

The Mummy Returns **** (2001, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Dwayne Johnson, Freddie Boath, Oded Fehr) – Classic Movie Review 1120

The bandages are off in 2001 for a return bout between, in the red corner, dashing adventurer Brendan Fraser, and, in the blue corner, his 3000-year-old evil nemesis The Mummy Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), who’s scarily […]

Apr, 20

Blackmail ***** (1929, John Longden, Anny Ondra, Cyril Ritchard) – Classic Movie Review 444

Alfred Hitchcock’s lively, imaginative 1929 pioneering thriller is remarkable as Britain’s first talking picture. It’s a treasured relic of a bygone era. A highly impressive piece of work considering its age and filming difficulties, Blackmail is a slightly […]

Nov, 24

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