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A Cup of Kindness ** (1934, Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Dorothy Hyson, Claude Hulbert ) – Classic Movie Review 11,180

Director Tom Walls’s 1934 British black and white farcical comedy film A Cup of Kindness is based on a Ben Travers screenplay from his own 1929 Aldwych stage farce that has dated more than some about […]

May, 07

A Soldier’s Story **** (1984, Howard E Rollins Jr, Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier, Denzel Washington) – Classic Movie Review 11,169

‘Alone, far from home, and far from justice, he has three days to learn the truth about a murder… and the truth is a story you won’t forget.’ Director Norman Jewison’s 1984 film A Soldier’s […]

May, 05

Flashbacks of a Fool ***** (2008, Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Claire Forlani, Felicity Jones, Emilia Fox, Eve, Jodhi May, Helen McCrory, Miriam Karlin) – Classic Movie Review 11,105

Daniel Craig bravely stars in what may be his finest piece of film acting in the haunting, heartbreaking 2008 British drama film Flashbacks of a Fool playing a fading, ageing British actor called Joe Scot […]

Apr, 17

Le diable au corps [Devil in the Flesh] **** (1947, Micheline Presle, Gérard Philipe, Denise Grey, Jean Lara) – Classic Movie Review 11,059

Director Claude Autant-Lara’s 1947 black and white film Le Diable au Corps [Devil in the Flesh] is a beautifully lush, erotic French World War One romantic drama, based on Raymond Raguet’s novel of adulterous passion, […]

Mar, 30

Manhandled *** (1949, Dan Duryea, Dorothy Lamour, Sterling Hayden) – Classic Movie Review 10,964

Director Lewis R Foster’s 1949 Manhandled is a very tolerable 1940s black and white film noir thriller and represents a nice change of pace for Dorothy Lamour as Merl Kramer, who is mixed up in […]

Feb, 25

Destiny *** (1944, Gloria Jean, Alan Curtis, Frank Craven, Grace McDonald) – Classic Movie Review 10,862

Director Reginald Le Borg’s 1944 Universal Pictures black and white noir-style crime drama Destiny has a most curious history. It was excised from the final print of another film and then expanded into more than double […]

Feb, 01

Rag and Bone ** (1998, Dean Cain, Robert Patrick, Stan Shaw, Kelly Rowan, Carroll Baker) – Classic Movie Review 10,362

Writer-director James D Parriott’s atmospheric 1998 supernatural crime mystery thriller Rag and Bone is based on an intriguing, unusual story by Anne Rice. Dean Cain stars as Detective Tony Moran, an ex-priest New Orleans cop […]

Sep, 29

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