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Private’s Progress *** (1956, Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas, William Hartnell) – Classic Movie Review 1847

Co-writer/director John Boulting and producer Roy Boulting’s 1956 vintage British comedy Private’s Progress stars Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas and William Hartnell. The Boulting Brothers take the risk of sending up the then […]

Nov, 16

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave *** (1968, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson) – Classic Movie Review 1733

Director Freddie Francis’s 1968 horror movie sequel Dracula Has Risen from the Grave is the quite stylish and still welcome third episode in the Christopher Lee Hammer Films series, following Terence Fisher’s Dracula in 1958 […]

Oct, 03

Dracula: Prince of Darkness **** (1966, Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews, Andrew Keir) – Classic Movie Review 1734

After a long gap, Hammer Films’ 1966 sequel to its finest achievement – the 1958 Dracula – resurrects the Count with the inestimable help of ultra-smooth Christopher Lee back in his most famous role as […]

Oct, 03

Taste the Blood of Dracula ** (1970, Christopher Lee, Ralph Bates, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford) – Classic Movie Review 1735

Director Peter Sasdy’s 1970 horror thriller Taste the Blood of Dracula is the fourth in the famous British Hammer Films Dracula series with Christopher Lee, a watchable follow-up to 1968’s Dracula Has Risen from the […]

Oct, 02

Greyfriars Bobby *** (2005, James Cosmo, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 1448

Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for supposedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872. Remaking and reworking Walt […]

Jul, 19

The Man with the Golden Gun **** (1974, Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams) – Classic Movie Review 1023

Director Guy Hamilton 1974 adventure is the ninth James Bond movie and Roger Moore’s second caper in his series of seven. Christopher Lee is on top form as the Bond villain Scaramanga. Richard Maibaum and […]

Mar, 30

Airport ’77 ** (1977, Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, Olivia de Havilland, James Stewart, Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 673

Director Jerry Jameson’s 1977 third Airport movie is a lumbering disaster movie epic that is completely preposterous and often unintentionally funny. But it is still fairly exciting and somewhat enjoyable. It sends a luxury 747 airliner […]

Jan, 11

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