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The Castle of the Living Dead [Il castello dei morti vivi] **½ (1964, Christopher Lee, Gaia Germani, Philippe Leroy, Donald Sutherland) – Classic Movie Review 4447

Director Luciano Ricci’s 1964 black and white Italian Gothic horror movie The Castle of the Living Dead [Il Castello dei Morti Vivi] is creaky but interesting and full of eerie atmosphere. And, thankfully, it stars […]

Oct, 02

The Terror *** (1963, Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dorothy Neumann, Dick Miller, Jonathan Haze) – Classic Movie Review 3873

‘No one will be admitted while the coffin is being opened!’ The Terror (1963) is a semi-celebrated glimpse of the skill and ingenuity of Roger Corman in putting together a project when once again confronted […]

Jun, 16

Throne of Blood ***** [Kumonosu-jô] (1957, Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki) – Classic Movie Review 3732

Director Akira Kurosawa’s 1957 film masterpiece is a superb and stirring Japanese take on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, topped off with a particularly rousing and exciting climax. It comes complete with a great central performance by […]

May, 21

Jack the Giant Killer *** (1961, Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Roger Mobley, Torin Thatcher, Don Beddoe) – Classic Movie Review 3725

Co-writer/director Nathan Juran’s 1961 fairy tale is a bundle of fun frolics in which the Princess Elaine (Judi Meredith) is snatched by the wicked wizard Pendragon (Torin Thatcher) but is saved by a valiant peasant […]

May, 20

The Sword in the Stone *** (1963, Rickie Sorensen, Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson ) – Classic Movie Review 3713

Director Wolfgang Reitherman’s 1963 animation is a ‘whiz-bang wizard of whimsy’, or to put it another, more comprehensible way, it is Walt Disney’s generally appealing and delightful – and sometimes even magical – cartoon version […]

May, 16

Tale of Tales [Il racconto dei racconti] **** (2015, Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C Reilly, Shirley Henderson) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director Matteo Garrone’s ravishing and often-exhilarating English-language début brilliantly interweaves three Grimm-style adult fairy tales of kings and queens – and monsters! (1) Salma Hayek plays the Queen of Longtrellis who forfeits the life of her husband the […]

Mar, 10

Labyrinth **** (1986, David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud) – Classic Movie Review 3256

‘Jim Henson, George Lucas and David Bowie take you into a dazzling world of fantasy and adventure.’ David Bowie gives a memorable turn as the lead in the 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth. Behind the scenes, […]

Jan, 11

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