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Cradle 2 the Grave *** (2003, Jet Li, DMX, Mark Dacascos, Tom Arnold) – Classic Movie Review 2203

Director Andrzej Bartowiak’s 2003 movie stars Jet Li as a Taiwanese agent who teams up with  a gang boss (DMX) after a crook (Mark Dacascos) snatches DMX’s daughter (Paige Hurd) to get hold of his stolen […]

Feb, 23

Two-Way Stretch ****½ (1960, Peter Sellers, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Liz Fraser, Lionel Jeffries, Wilfrid Hyde White, Maurice Denham, Beryl Reid, Irene Handl) – Classic Movie Review 1,843

The 1960 perfect robbery comedy film Two-Way Stretch is a Peter Sellers classic packed full of quirky vintage fun, realised by a brilliant ensemble of lovable British comic actors. Director Robert Day’s 1960 British perfect […]

Nov, 15

The Love Punch *** (2013, Pierce Brosnan, Emma Thompson, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, Tuppence Middleton) – Movie Review

A reasonably likeable, totally watchable 2013 Britcom sitcom is on the menu as Emma Thompson stars as a brisk and capable middle-class English woman called Kate, who is happily divorced from her cheating lawyer ex-husband […]

Apr, 17

Congo ** (1995, Laura Linney, Tim Curry, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker) – So Bad It’s Good Movie Review 11

What did the female gorilla say to the handsome primatologist? Nothing. Gorillas can’t speak, except in director Frank Marshall’s 1995 summer blockbuster Congo. It’s an unabashed old-style adventure movie, riding high on the back of […]

Mar, 27

Terror by Night *** (1946, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey) – Classic Movie Review 986

‘One Way Ticket to DEATH!’ Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star for the 13th time as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the 1946 mystery thriller film Terror by Night, their penultimate adventure, this time […]

Mar, 25

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997, Sandra Bullock) – Bad Movie 2

Director Jan de Bont’s 1997 Keanu Reeves-less sequel to the 1994 megahit is a farrago. Everything about it goes wrong where everything went right the first time. You wouldn’t think it was the same director, […]

Mar, 23

Diamonds Are Forever **** (1971, Sean Connery, Jill St John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell) – Classic Movie Review 953

Lana Wood: ‘I’m Plenty.’ Sean Connery: ‘I bet you are.’ Wood: ‘Plenty O’Toole.’ Connery: ’Named after your father?’ The 1971 spy thriller Diamonds Are Forever finds Sean Connery enjoying his sixth James Bond movie. Lana […]

Mar, 21

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