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Target ** (1985, Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Gayle Hunnicutt) – Classic Movie Review 7310

Director Arthur Penn’s 1985 Target is a tolerable but off-target thriller from the director of Bonnie and Clyde, who goes into overdrive to try to provide action thrills, which nevertheless just are not there. It […]

Jul, 19

Mutiny on the Buses * (1972, Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 6878

Director Harry Booth’s saucy slice-of-life 1972 British comedy is the middle film in the 1969 to 1973 ITV show film spinoff series, following 1971’s On the Buses. It tries its best, and there are a few […]

Apr, 03

Holiday on the Buses * (1973, Reg Varney, Stephen Lewis, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen, Bob Grant) – Classic Movie Review 6877

Director Bryan Izzard’s 1973 British comedy is the third and final film spinoff from the hit TV show and sees comedy god Reg Varney back as bus conductor Stan Butler, who goes on a busman’s […]

Apr, 02

On the Buses * (1971, Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins, Stephen Lewis, Bob Grant) – Classic Movie Review 6873

Director Harry Booth’s 1971 movie stars Reg Varney as Stan Butler and Doris Hare as his mum in this poor first spin-off from the inexplicably popular 60s and 70s British TV comedy series, which ran […]

Apr, 01

Around the Bend *** (2004, Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly) – Classic Movie Review 5578

Writer/ director Jordan Roberts’s humorous 2004 road movie is inspired by the relationship between Roberts and the absentee, substance-using father he barely knew, Robert Stone Jordan, latterly an indie film director/producer. It stars Christopher Walken as Turner Lair, Michael Caine as his father, […]

Dec, 10

Nothing But the Night ** (1973, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors, Georgia Brown, Keith Barron) – Classic Movie Review 5946

The grand team of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing head director Peter Sasdy’s reasonably spooky 1973 British chiller, set in an orphanage where the trustees are being bumped off by children possessed by murderous creatures. […]

Aug, 20

Love Field *** (1992, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, Stephanie McFadden, Brian Kerwin) – Classic Movie Review 5829

Director Jonathan Kaplan and writer Don Roos’s 1992 drama stars Michelle Pfeiffer, who was Oscar and Golden Globe nominated for her very considerable performance as ‘Lurene’ Hallett, a married Dallas beautician in a tizzy over […]

Jul, 30

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