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Rio Bravo ***** (1959, John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond) – Classic Movie Review 2,540

Director Howard Hawks’s classic 1959 Western film Rio Bravo stars John Wayne as the southwest Texas small town lawman Sheriff John T Chance who prevents a killer (Claude Akins) with powerful friends arranged by his […]

Sep, 30

The Beachcomber ** (1954, Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Donald Sinden, Paul Rogers) – Classic Movie Review 10,168

Director Muriel Box’s 1954 British Technicolor drama The Beachcomber stars a well-cast Robert Newton, who catches the eye and ear as ‘Honorable Ted’ Wilson, an East Indies island drunk (Newton was himself a famous alcoholic), […]

Aug, 12

The Strange One *** (1957, Ben Gazzara, George Peppard, Peter Mark Richman, Pat Hingle) – Classic Movie Review 10,011

Director Jack Garfein’s 1957 black and white drama The Strange One is a powerful, up-front hothouse US Southern military academy saga, in which Ben Gazzara stars as cadet leader Jocko De Paris, who exercises a […]

Jul, 07

Scram! *** (1932, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Richard Cramer, Vivien Oakland) – Classic Movie Review 7818

Director Raymond McCarey’s 1932 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy two-reel comedy short film Scram! is cleverly written and carefully constructed, and of course expertly played, though overall it is maybe only mildly funny. However, it […]

Nov, 21

Blind Date **** (1987, Kim Basinger, Bruce Willis, John Larroquette) – Classic Movie Review 7760

Director Blake Edwards’s delightful and sometimes hilarious 1987 screwball romantic comedy Blind Date stars Bruce Willis as workaholic Walter Davis, who invites his brother Ted (Phil Hartman)’s wife’s cousin Nadia (Kim Basinger), a teetotaller, out […]

Nov, 06

Tales of Manhattan *** (1942, Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Cesar Romero, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Edward G Robinson, Paul Robeson) – Classic Movie Review 7397

It is a game of spotting the stars in director Julien Duvivier’s 1942 portmanteau fantasy anthology film Tales of Manhattan that tells of the effect a new, custom-made formal tailcoat has as it changes hands (or […]

Aug, 04

Trees Lounge **** (1996, Steve Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Carol Kane, Mark Boone Jr, Chloë Sevigny) – Classic Movie Review 6157

For his impressive, laid-back 1996 writer-director debut, the ever-quirky actor Steve Buscemi gives himself the fat star role as Tommy Basilio, a washed-up, unemployed car mechanic, one of a bunch of the low-lives hanging out […]

Oct, 30

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