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Wake of the Red Witch *** (1948, John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Luther Adler, Adele Mara, Eduard Franz, Grant Withers, Henry Daniell, Paul Fix, Dennis Hoey, Jeff Corey, Erskine Sanford) – Classic Movie Review 7171

Macho rivalries in the 1860s South Seas between John Wayne’s Red Witch skipper Captain Ralls and Luther Adler’s unscrupulous Dutch ship owning tycoon Mayrant Ruysdaal Sidneye are fought out against the backdrop of gorgeous Polynesian scenery in director Edward […]

Jun, 15

Birth of the Dragon *** (2016, Philip Ng, Yu Xia, Billy Magnussen) – 2018 Movie Review

Director George Nolfi’s action biopic is based on the late Sixties San Francisco showdown between a then up-and-coming Bruce Lee (Philip Wan-Lung Ng) and legendary kung fu master Wong Jack Man (Xia Yu). Philip Ng […]

Feb, 25

La guerre des boutons [War of the Buttons] *** (1962, André Treton, Michel Isella, Jacques Dufilho, Yvette Etiévant, Michel Galabru) – Classic Movie Review 6464

Boys from rival French villages wage war on each other, led by André Treton and Michel Isella, cutting off their prisoner’s buttons and belts. Director Yves Robert’s 1962 French film is an engagingly acted comedy […]

Dec, 24

Land and Freedom **** (1995, Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Icíar Bollaín) – Classic Movie Review 6154

Director Ken Loach’s British 1995 Spanish Civil War wartime drama stars Ian Hart as David Carr, an unemployed Liverpool communist-supporter who leaves to join the anti-Fascist fight in Spain in the spring of 1936. He […]

Oct, 30

King Solomon’s Mines **** (1950, Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas, Siriaque) – Classic Movie Review 5,634

MGM’s smoothly made and exciting double Oscar-winning Technicolor 1950 remake of the H Rider Haggard adventure novel King Solomon’s Mines is mostly filmed on spectacular locations in Africa and is graced with ideally cast Stewart […]

Jun, 19

Borsalino **** (1970, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Catherine Rouvel) – Classic Movie Review 5553

The stylish 1970 Thirties-set French gangster film Borsalino is the ideal vehicle for Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo in their prime, as petty criminals Roch Siffredi and François Capella, who graduate into big-time mobsters down […]

Jun, 04

Unleashed [Danny the Dog] **** (2005, Jet Li, Bob Hoskins, Morgan Freeman) – Classic Movie Review 5501

Director Louis Leterrier’s 2005 British-French martial arts action thriller is really weird and uncomfortable but it remains a top action film and, arguably, Jet Li’s best English language movie. It is as tough as it is quirky, and provides […]

May, 26

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