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Mrs Mike *** (1949, Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes) – Classic Movie Review 12,143

Evelyn Keyes opined that Mrs Mike (1949) was her best film. Among the many Hollywood affairs she recounted was one with co-star Dick Powell. Director Louis King’s 1949 black and white adventure drama Mrs Mike […]

May, 28

Canadian Pacific ** (1949, Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, Nancy Olson, J Carrol Naish, Victor Jory, Robert Barrat) – Classic Movie Review 8950

Director Edwin L Marin’s solid, busy, sometimes impressive minor 1949 Western movie Canadian Pacific stars an ideal Randolph Scott as manly railroad surveyor Tom Andrews, who discovers the pass through the Rockies, fights Indians and […]

Sep, 29

Dudley Do-Right ** (1999, Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina, Eric Idle, Robert Prosky, Alex Rocco, Jack Kehler) – Classic Movie Review 7254

Brendan Fraser is sweet and fun as the Royal Canadian Mountie who gets his girl, Nell Fenwick (Sarah Jessica Parker), from the clutches of the wicked villain Snidely Whiplash (Alfred Molina) in writer-director Hugh Wilson’s recklessly silly but […]

Jul, 05

The Purple Plain *** (1954, Gregory Peck, Bernard Lee, Win Min Than, Maurice Denham, Lyndon Brook) – Classic Movie Review 6349

Director Robert Parrish’s fine, distinguished 1954 British wartime adventure drama stars Gregory Peck as Squadron Leader Bill Forrester, a Canadian bomber pilot who is reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid. He […]

Dec, 03

Cornered **** (1945, Dick Powell, Micheline Cheirel, Walter Slezak) – Classic Movie Review 5252

Director Edward Dmytryk’s edgy, gripping 1945 RKO film noir thriller finds an ideal star in Dick Powell, who plays a former Canadian airman called Laurence Gerard, who returns to France and then goes to Buenos […]

Apr, 04

Youngblood *** (1986, Rob Lowe, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Swayze, Ed Lauter, Jim Youngs, Keanu Reeves) – Classic Movie Review 4396

The 20-year-old Rob Lowe stars as Dean Youngblood in the cheesy but fun 1986 youth-oriented romantic and sports drama Youngblood. Lowe gives it his best shot, easily upstaging Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves. The young […]

Sep, 22

The Proposal *** (2009, Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Denis O’Hare, Craig T Nelson, Betty White) – Classic Movie Review 3833

It’s a stretch to believe in Sandra Bullock as a bitchy, pushy, control-freak boss – but that’s what she’s playing in director Anne Fletcher’s otherwise typical 2009 Sandra romcom. That is so obviously the fake Sandra that […]

Jun, 10

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