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The Triple Echo [Soldier in Skirts] *** (1972, Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Brian Deacon) – Classic Movie Review 4278

Michael Apted directs this intriguing 1972 British film adaptation of an H E Bates story set in Wiltshire during World War Two. In his film debut, 23-year-old Brian Deacon stars as Barton, a young English soldier […]

Sep, 01

The Eagle Has Landed *** (1976, Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasence, Anthony Quayle, Jean Marsh) – Classic Movie Review 4116

In his final film, director John Sturges’s manly 1976 good, old-fashioned, big-budget wartime adventure thriller movie is based on Jack Higgins’s best-selling novel, set in 1943. It has an eccentric, often miscast all-star roster of players, including […]

Aug, 01

The Blood on Satan’s Claw *** (1971, Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 4094

‘A CHILL-FILLED Festival of HORROR!’ Director Piers Haggard’s intriguing and skillful 1971 British costume horror thriller movie The Blood on Satan’s Claw stars Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden and Barry Andrews. It is produced by Tony […]

Jul, 28

Like It Is *** (1998, Steve Bell, Ian Rose, Roger Daltrey, Dani Behr) – Classic Movie Review 4036

Director Paul Oremland’s 1998 British ‘coming-out’ tale is occasionally hesitant but overall surprisingly entertaining and credible. Bare-knuckle fighter Craig (impressively played by British amateur featherweight champion Steve Bell) swaps his violent life in Blackpool’s underworld […]

Jul, 17

Charlie Bubbles **** (1967, Albert Finney, Liza Minnelli, Colin Blakely, Billie Whitelaw) – Classic Movie Review 4026

A film with Charlie Bubbles and Smokey Pickles as characters? In his directorial debut, Albert Finney directs this typically Sixties item from 1967 and gives himself a thumping great role as Charlie Bubbles, a jaded, best-selling novelist […]

Jul, 16

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie **½ (2016, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley) – Movie Review

Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley belatedly hit the big screen as the horrific, monstrous London media stereotypes Edina and Patsy, who are growing old disgracefully. They are the St Trinian’s older gals. Saunders writes the […]

Jul, 01

Mary of Scotland *** (1936, Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge) – Classic Movie Review 3925

A valiant Katharine Hepburn heads a game, if largely ill-suited, cast in director John Ford’s intriguing but shaky 1936 film version of Maxwell Anderson’s stage verse drama about the recently widowed Mary Stuart (Hepburn), who returns […]

Jun, 26

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