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- Man Detained *** (1961, Bernard Archard, Elvi Hale, Paul Stassino, Michael Coles) – Classic Movie Review 13,327
- Hand in Hand *** (1960, Loretta Parry, Philip Needs, Sybil Thorndike, John Gregson, Finlay Currie, Derek Sydney, Miriam Karlin, Kathleen Byron) – Classic Movie Review 13,327
- Attempt to Kill ** (1961, Tony Wright, Derek Farr, Richard Pearson, Freda Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 13,326
- A Hitch in Time *** (1978, Patrick Troughton, Michael McVey, Pheona McLellan, Jeff Rawle, Sorcha Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 13,325
- Man at the Carlton Tower *** (1961, Maxine Audley, Lee Montague, Alfred Burke, Allan Cuthbertson) – Classic Movie Review 13,324
- Beyond the Door [Chi Sei?] [The Devil Within Her] * (1974, Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia, Elizabeth Turner, David Colin Jr) – Classic Movie Review 13,323
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- Blood Red ** (1989, Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young) – Classic Movie Review 13,321
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Walking Tall *** (2004, Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Neal McDonough) – Classic Movie Review 903
Director Kevin Bray’s 2004 remake of the 1973 thriller Walking Tall sees The Rock (aka Dwayne Johnson) walking tall in Joe Don Baker’s old role as a Vietnam vet who returns to his old rural […]
Casino Royale *** (2006, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino) – Classic Movie Review 838
Daniel Craig was named as the sixth actor to play James Bond in October 2005, following Pierce Brosnan’s surprise departure from the role after Die Another Day in 2002. Allegedly the popular Brosnan was asking for […]
Gilda ***** (1946, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steven Geray) – Classic Movie Review 757
Rita Hayworth stars in her best and most famous role as the silky, sensuous and sultry adventuress Gilda in director Charles Vidor’s 1946 archetypal film noir classic. This cleverly plotted, morally ambiguous mystery thriller, involving escapism, suspense, intrigue, glamour […]
Reindeer Games [Deception] *** (2000, Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron ) – Classic Movie Review 547
A well-cast Ben Affleck pleases as an ex-con car thief who impersonates his murdered cellmate (James Frain) to meet the man’s jail penfriend (Charlize Theron), who’s waiting at the prison gates. Affleck is then drawn […]
To Catch a Thief ***** (1954, Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams) – Classic Movie Review 443
Alfred Hitchcock’s purringly smooth, thoroughly enjoyable 1954 escapist romantic comedy-mystery has the inestimable benefit of starring the director’s two favourites, Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. As a thriller, it’s at the opposite end of the […]
Hard Eight **** (1996, Philip Baker Hall, John C Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 316
Suspense, wit, atmosphere, sudden death and fine character study are the name of the game in writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s superb, stylish, hard-nosed 1996 thriller Hard Eight. Anderson’s feature debut is graced with the performance […]
Boiler Room **** (2000, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Ron Rifkin, Ben Affleck, Scott Caan) – Classic Movie Review 296
‘Anybody who tells you money is the root of all evil doesn’t have any.’ – Jim Young. Writer-director Ben Younger’s 2000 incisive and timely condemnation of the get-rich-quick, tread-on-anybody yuppie lifestyle Boiler Room has its […]