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Blackmail ** (1939, Edward G Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart) Classic Movie Review 11,372

Director H C Potter’s 1939 black and white crime drama film Blackmail stars the ever dependable Edward G Robinson, who enlivens a routinely scripted but neatly handled B-movie thriller as an oil well firefighter called […]

Jul, 07

Volcano *** (1997, Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann) – Classic Movie Review 11,071

Director Mick Jackson’s 1997 American disaster film Volcano stars Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle and Keith David, and is inspired by the 1943 formation of the 1,500-foot volcano that emerged between […]

Apr, 03

Accidental Hero ** (1992, Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia) – Classic Movie Review 9248

Director Stephen Frears’s 1992 Accidental Hero [Hero] stars Dustin Hoffman as Bernie LaPlante, a petty crook who becomes an unlikely reluctant hero when he saves 54 people from a crashed burning plane, including TV reporter […]

Jan, 09

Docteur Petiot [Dr Petiot] **** (1990, Michel Serrault, Pierre Romans, Bérangère Bonvoisin) – Classic Movie Review 8732

This 1990 biographical crime drama film Dr Petiot is directed with immense vigour and confidence by director Christian de Chalonge, who conjures up stylised and beautifully photographed images, lensed by cinematographer Patrick Blossier. The intense […]

Jul, 19

Where’s That Fire? *** (1939, Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt) – Classic Movie Review 7980

Director Marcel Varnel’s 1939 British comedy Where’s That Fire? Stars Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt, who fire on all cylinders in Hay’s slightly patchy but generally very funny final fling for Gainsborough Pictures […]

Jan, 04

Wildlife **** (2018, Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Bill Camp) – Movie Review

Actor Paul Dano’s directorial debut is Wildlife (2018), in which a misfit teenage boy called Joe Brinson (Ed Oxenbould) witnesses his parents’ marriage falling apart after his frustrated father Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal) loses his job as a golf […]

Sep, 30

Hellfighters ** (1968, John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Bruce Cabot, Jay C Flippen) – Classic Movie Review 6731

Director Andrew V McLaglen’s indifferent 1969 movie Hellfighters stars John Wayne as ace oil rig fire fighter Chance Buckman, who fights oil fires instead of Indians, in this desperately routine, seemingly carelessly handled, macho adventure yarn […]

Feb, 24

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