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Hammett **** (1982, Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner) – Classic Movie Review 6,524
Wim Wenders’s eye-catching and very worthy 1982 neo noir film homage to the crime thriller and its great writer Dashiell Hammett has the tasteful stamp of its producer Francis Ford Coppola all over it. Coppola […]
The Girl from 10th Avenue *** (1935, Bette Davis, Ian Hunter, Colin Clive, Katherine Alexander, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed) – Classic Movie Review 6301
Director Alfred E Green’s smart and amusing 1935 drama features excellent work from its star Bette Davis and nimble, fast-paced handling from the director, which help to lift this entertaining soap opera in which Davis […]
Legend of the Werewolf ** (1975, Peter Cushing, Ron Moody, Hugh Griffith, Roy Castle David Rintoul) – Classic Movie Review 6208
Director Freddie Francis’s moderate British 1975 horror movie stars Peter Cushing as the police surgeon/ coroner Professor Paul, a lycanthrope expert who turns detective and follows the werewolf trail of grisly murders in 19th century France […]
Charlie Chan in Honolulu *** (1938, Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks, Victor Sen Yung, Eddie Collins, John King, Claire Dodd, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 6131
Director H Bruce Humberstone’s strongly cast 1938 B-movie thriller finds that it is up to Sidney Toler to take over as Charlie Chan from series star Warner Oland, who died in 1937. Toler proves an […]
Bad Lieutenant ***** (1992, Harvey Keitel, Frankie Thorn, Zoe Lund, Brian McElroy, Frank Acciarito) – Classic Movie Review 6127
Co-writer/ director Abel Ferrara’s eye-opening 1992 screen-scalder stars a career best Harvey Keitel, who is astonishing in a full-frontal performance as the kind of corrupt New York City police detective who steals drugs from a […]
Hellraiser: Inferno ** (2001, Craig Sheffer, Nicholas Turturro, James Remar) – Classic Movie Review 6120
‘The Terrifying New Chapter In The Hellraiser Legacy!’ Co-writer/ producer/ director Scott Derrickson’s promised 2001 fifth episode is another contrived low-budget ($2 million) mess, but with some reasonable performances, okay effects, and enough exciting Hellraiser violence […]
Blue Steel ** (1989, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Peña, Louise Fletcher, Philip Bosco, Kevin Dunn, Richard Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 6040
Jamie Lee Curtis gives one of her most captivating performances as a tough rookie cop in co-writer/ director Kathryn Bigelow’s powerful 1989 action crime thriller. NYPD officer Megan Turner (Curtis) falls in love with the […]