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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ***** (1948, Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt) – Classic Movie Review 1,350

John Huston’s renowned 1948 adventure thriller film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre showcases one of Humphrey Bogart’s finest hours as the greedy Fred C Dobbs, one of three itinerant American prospectors, who try to […]

Jun, 22

Pale Rider **** (1985, Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress) – Classic Movie Review 1169

Producer-director Clint Eastwood’s 1985 Western Pale Rider impresses with its riffs on the very similar 1953 classic Shane and his own 1973 film High Plains Drifter. The first mainstream Hollywood Western after the catastrophic financial […]

May, 02

Heist **** (2001, Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay, Patti LuPone) – Classic Movie Review 1123

Writer-director David Mamet’s 2001 thriller stars Gene Hackman, who may be 70 here, but he shows he’s still a great action hero as Joe Moore, a crook forced into pulling off one last gold heist […]

Apr, 20

The Gold Rush ***** (1925, Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray) – Classic Movie Review 1052

Producer-writer-director-star Charles Chaplin’s classic 1925 silent comedy is one of his masterpieces. Chaplin said it was the film for which he most wanted to be remembered. It was the highest grossing silent comedy and the fifth […]

Apr, 05

The Man with the Golden Gun **** (1974, Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams) – Classic Movie Review 1023

Director Guy Hamilton 1974 adventure is the ninth James Bond movie and Roger Moore’s second caper in his series of seven. Christopher Lee is on top form as the Bond villain Scaramanga. Richard Maibaum and […]

Mar, 30

The Italian Job ***** (1969, Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill) – Classic Movie Review 849

Michael Caine stars in one of his most beloved roles as small-time criminal Charlie Croker in the 1969 classic Sixties crime caper film The Italian Job. Noël Coward steals his scenes as crook mastermind Mr […]

Feb, 27

Goldfinger ***** (1964, Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Harold Sakata, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Tania Mallet) – Classic Movie Review 403

‘My name is Pussy Galore’. – Pussy Galore. ‘I must be dreaming’. – James Bond. German star Gert Frobe (1913-88) proves as ideal a villain as Auric Goldfinger as Sean Connery is a hero as […]

Nov, 14

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