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The Mechanic **** (1972, Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland) – Classic Movie Review 4608

Director Michael Winner’s 1972 American action thriller The Mechanic is violent, gripping, exciting and slickly crafted. Charles Bronson stars in one of his key roles as Arthur Bishop, the Killer of Killers, an aging mob […]

Nov, 07

The Sons of Katie Elder *** (1965, John Wayne, Dean Martin, Michael Anderson Jr, Earl Holliman, Martha Hyer, Jeremy Slate, James Gregory, Paul Fix, George Kennedy, Dennis Hopper) – Classic Movie Review 4504

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1965 old-style big-budget Western has a great cast and is thoroughly robust but it suffers from having a commonplace tale about the four macho-minded ranch owner sons of the frontier woman Katie […]

Oct, 22

Captain Fantastic **** (2016, Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn) – Movie Review

Viggo Mortensen rejoices in one of his most richly satisfying roles as Ben Cash, an idealistic father devoted to raising his six kids in the Pacific Northwest forests with a rigorous physical and intellectual education that […]

Sep, 08

Travels with My Aunt ** (1972, Maggie Smith, Alex McCowen, Lou Gossett Jr, Robert Stephens, Cindy Williams, Robert Flemyng) – Classic Movie Review 4039

Director George Cukor’s 1972 comedy drama stars Maggie Smith as Dotty Aunt Augusta Bertram, who takes her prim nephew Henry Pulling (Alec McCowen), a buttoned-up English bank manager, on an eccentric trip to Graham Greeneland, with […]

Jul, 18

Route Irish **** (2010, Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop, Geoff Bell) – Classic Movie Review 3968

Ken Loach’s excitingly labyrinthine and darkly harrowing revenge and conspiracy thriller has plenty of the viscerally powerful impact we expect of the director. An excellently cast Mark Womack relishes a stonking star role as ex-soldier […]

Jul, 04

Von Richthofen and Brown [The Red Baron] **** (1971, John Phillip Law, Don Stroud, Barry Primus) – Classic Movie Review 3,897

Roger Corman’s highly entertaining 1971 comic-strip-style period action adventure film Von Richthofen and Brown [The Red Baron] stars John Phillip Law and Don Stroud in a tale of World War One dogfights. Director Roger Corman’s […]

Jun, 21

The Wild Angels *** (1966, Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern) – Classic Movie Review 3867

‘Their credo is violence…Their God is hate…and they call themselves The Wild Angels.’ Producer-director Roger Corman’s 1966 cheaply made ($360,000) biker gang movie, made with help from real California Hell’s Angels and the young Peter […]

Jun, 15

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