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Yellow Sky **** (1948, Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur, John Russell, Harry Morgan, James Barton) – Classic Movie Review 3975

Director William A Wellman’s powerful 1948 Western is a near classic. It is motored by one of Gregory Peck’s top performances as Stretch Dawson, a kindly outlaw who fights one of the nastier villains he is […]

Jul, 04

Into the West *** (1992, Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciarán Fitzgerald, Rúaidhrí Conroy) – Classic Movie Review 3332

Director Mike Newell’s sweet 1992 family-friendly Irish adventure, based on a story by Michael Pearce, is a fairly appealing yarn with a nice touch of the blarney, with a canny screenplay by Jim Sheridan and […]

Feb, 06

The Reivers **** (1969, Steve McQueen, Sharon Farrell, Mitch Vogel, Rupert Crosse, Ruth White) – Classic Movie Review 3325

Director Mark Rydell’s brightly coloured 1969 vehicle for Steve McQueen is a lively and delightfully quirky turn-of-the-last-century adventure yarn based on an attractive work by novelist William Faulkner. McQueen looks as though he is enjoying […]

Feb, 05

Capture the Flag ***½ (2015, Carme Calvell, Dani Rovira, Michelle Jenner, Javier Balas, Camilo Garcia, Oriol Tarragó) – Movie Review

Now here’s something tasty and a bit different – a 3D animated adventure comedy about landing on the Moon, then and now. It’s got an involving proper story to tell – it isn’t just a string of […]

Jan, 13

Father’s Little Dividend *** (1951, Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 3082

MGM’s hastily organised 1951 sequel to the studio’s big hit original 1950 Father of the Bride reunites the four original stars – Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor and Don Taylor – with director Vincente […]

Nov, 23

Better Late Than Never *** (1982, David Niven, Art Carney, Maggie Smith, Lionel Jeffries) – Classic Movie Review 2430

Writer-director Bryan Forbes’s 13th film from 1982 provided his penultimate movie, as his directorial career came to an all too early end. The outstanding cast of David Niven, Art Carney, Maggie Smith and Lionel Jeffries […]

Apr, 26

Everyone Says I Love You **** (1996, Woody Allen, Goldie Hawn, Julia Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 1800

In writer-director Woody Allen’s 1996 comedy, Everyone Says ‘I Loved Making This Movie’ but No One Says’ I Can Sing’. Joe (Allen) fancies pretty woman Von (Julia Roberts) in Venice in this quite delicious musical […]

Nov, 03

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