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Flipper’s New Adventure *** (1964, Luke Halpin, Pamela Franklin, Helen Cherry, Tom Helmore, Francesca Annis) – Classic Movie Review 10,970

‘Here comes Flipper the fearless… he’s back with some brand new friends, new fun, new thrills, as he tackles a band of desperate pirates!’ Director Leon Benson’s family adventure film Flipper’s New Adventure [Flipper and […]

Feb, 27

Flipper *** (1963, Chuck Connors, Luke Halpin, Kathleen Maguire, Connie Scott) – Classic Movie Review 10,577

Director James B Clark’s 1963 children’s movie Flipper is the Florida adventure that started the highly popular 1960s TV show (1964–1967) about a 12-year-old fishing boy called Sandy Ricks (played by the 15-year-old Luke Halpin) […]

Nov, 22

The Day of the Dolphin *** (1973, George C Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino) – Classic Movie Review 8310

Director Mike Nichols’s 1973 adventure film The Day of the Dolphin stars George C Scott as oceanologist Dr Jake Terrell, who finds how to communicate in dolphin-speak with the attractive title mammals that wicked villain […]

Mar, 29

The Big Blue [Le Grand Bleu] ***½ (1988, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette) – Classic Movie Review 4462

Jean-Marc Barr and Jean Reno star as two divers, rivals since childhood, who battle for supremacy of the deep. Director Luc Besson’s fascinating but under-written and overblown 1988 movie was a huge hit with the […]

Oct, 06

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective * (1994, Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young) – Classic Movie Review 4118

Co-writer/ director Tom Shadyac’s puerile 1993 comedy is a series of idiotic, juvenile, and often offensive low-jinks, with an infuriatingly smart-aleck central performance by Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura, the goofy private detective who concentrates […]

Aug, 02

Flipper ** (1996, Elijah Wood, Paul Hogan) – Classic Movie Review 3901

Director James B Clark’s 1963 children’s movie Flipper is remade by writer-director Alan Shapiro in 1996 with Elijah Wood and Paul Hogan to mild effect. Everything is brisk, businesslike and professional but just none too ecxiting. […]

Jun, 21

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo * (2005, Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin, Jeroen Krabbé, Til Schweiger) – Classic Movie Review 1968

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, the dodgy and pathetic 2005 sequel to Rob Schneider’s excellently silly 1999 bad-taste farce Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, is probably best avoided. This one is unfortunately unfunny as well as vulgar […]

Dec, 16

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