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Campbell’s Kingdom ** (1957, Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig, Barbara Murray, James Robertson Justice, Athene Seyler, Mary Merrall) – Classic Movie Review 8683

Director Ralph Thomas’s rugged attempt to make a British Western set in the Canadian Rockies – the 1957 Campbell’s Kingdom – stars Dirk Bogarde as noble Englishman Bruce Campbell, who is the claimant to a […]

Jul, 08

The Night the World Exploded * (1957, Kathryn Grant, William Leslie, Tristram Coffin) – Classic Movie Review 6109

‘Super-quake tilts the earth!’ Director Fred F Sears’s silly and not much fun 1957 science fiction film stars Kathryn Grant as Laura Hutchinson, William Leslie as Dr David Conway, Tristram Coffin as Dr Ellis Morton, Raymond Greenleaf as Governor Chaney and Charles Evans as […]

Oct, 19

The Emerald Forest **** (1985, Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, Charley Boorman) – Classic Movie Review 5456

Director John Boorman’s 1985 jungle adventure The Emerald Forest is both thrilling and uplifting, with director Boorman’s own son Charley Boorman starring as Tommy, a boy kidnapped at seven and brought up by an Amazon […]

May, 15

The Temptress *** (1926, Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore) – Classic Movie Review 5328

Directors Fred Niblo and Mauritz Stiller’s 1926 silent movie classic stars Greta Garbo, who commands the screen playing Elena, a woman who drives men mad with desire and leads them to commit murder and then […]

Apr, 20

Spitfire ** (1934, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Young, Ralph Bellamy) – Classic Movie Review 3,940

Katharine Hepburn is a great actress, of course, but playing an illiterate hillbilly mountain girl is quite beyond her, especially one called Trigger Hicks! Director John Cromwell’s 1934 drama film Spitfire stars a miscast Katharine Hepburn, […]

Jun, 26

Proof of Life **** (2000, Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, David Caruso, Pamela Reed) – Classic Movie Review 1032

Director Taylor Hackford’s 2000 thriller is the one where Meg Ryan met and fell for Russell Crowe in real life. It is a scalding, epic action thriller about kidnap and retrieval. Alice Bowman (Ryan) begs […]

Apr, 01

Hard Rain **** (1998, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Ed Asner) – Classic Movie Review 315

Director Mikael Salomon’s extremely well done, exciting, first-class 1998 crime thriller Hard Rain boasts a new idea at its heart and a wonderfully convincing production, achieved under the most difficult of circumstances. A storm hits […]

Oct, 23

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