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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! **** (1988, Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Ricardo Montalban, O J Simpson) – Classic Movie Review 3433

The 1988 slapstick comedy film The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! stars the superbly droll Leslie Nielsen as crackpot cop Frank Drebin, who uncovers a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II (impersonator […]

Mar, 01

McQ ** (1974, John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston, Al Lettieri) – Classic Movie Review 3414

John Wayne stars as Detective Lieutenant Lon McQ, a Dirty Harry-style cop on the trail of the hood who killed his best friend and partner. This leads McQ to uncover corrupt elements in the police […]

Feb, 26

Exposed *** (2016, Keanu Reeves, Ana de Armas, Christopher McDonald, Mira Sorvino) – Movie Review

Keanu Reeves stars as Detective Galban, a tormented New York cop who investigates the truth behind the life and death of his partner and close friend, Detective Cullen, murdered in a subway. The case reveals disturbing police […]

Feb, 24

The Killer Is Loose ***½ (1956, Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey) – Classic Movie Review 3,368

‘The Story of a Cop Who Used His Wife as Bait for a Killer!’ Budd Boetticher’s underrated 1956 hide-and-seek film noir crime thriller The Killer Is Loose stars Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming and Wendell Corey […]

Feb, 16

The Other Guys **** (2010, Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Derek Jeter) – Classic Movie Review 3292

It’s not much of an idea and not much of a title, but this splendid 2010 farce overcomes these obstacles in a near-total triumph. Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg form a great comedy double act […]

Jan, 25

The Saint in New York *** (1938, Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Ruman, Jonathan Hale) – Classic Movie Review 3221

‘You’d think someone with the name Violet Throckmorton would have enough trouble in life without you adding to it!’ Director Ben Holmes’s 1938 crime thriller The Saint in New York is the first of eight […]

Jan, 03

The Falcon’s Brother **½ (1942, George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Keye Luke, Don Barclay, Cliff Clark) – Classic Movie Review 3209

A tale of two Falcons: with so much going on, there is never a dull moment in The Falcon’s Brother. Director Stanley Logan’s 1942 black and white B-movie thriller The Falcon’s Brother again stars George […]

Jan, 01

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