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Sergeant York ***** (1941, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie) – Classic Movie Review 2345

Director Howard Hawks’s double Oscar-winning 1941 war drama stars Gary Cooper who won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the Tennessee hick farmer Alvin York. The hillbilly sharpshooter puts aside his claims to […]

Apr, 03

The Mark of Zorro **** (1974, Frank Langella, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 2315

Director Don McDougall 1974 adventure is a strongly and ideally cast TV movie remake, with proper displays of athleticism and acting prowess from Frank Langella (as the swishing fop Don Diego de la Vega and […]

Mar, 27

The Legend of Zorro *** (2005, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell) – Classic Movie Review 2317

Seven years on from their The Mask of Zorro hit, Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are still stupendous as Mr and Mrs Zorro in director Martin Campbell’s welcome 2005 sequel. Alejandro de la Vega (Banderas) […]

Mar, 25

Dances with Wolves ***** (1990, Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene) – Classic Movie Review 2056

Co-producer-director-star Kevin Costner comes up with a truly majestic epic Western in 1990 and wins seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Grown men have been known to weep at this […]

Jan, 08

Simon Magus **** (1999, Noah Taylor, Stuart Townsend, Ian Holm, Rutger Hauer, Sean McGinley) – Classic Movie Review 1788

Writer-director Ben Hopkins’s 1999 film is a sincere, atmospheric and enjoyable if occasionally slightly plodding Jewish fable of old Silesia. There the lanky simpleton Simon Magus – nicely played by Noah Taylor (the youth from […]

Oct, 29

Peter Pan ***** (1953, Walt Disney) – Classic Movie Review 1416

Supervising directors Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson’s 1953 classic animated feature film based on Scottish novelist and playwright Sir James M Barrie’s play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up is one […]

Jul, 12

Hellboy **** (2004, Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor) – Classic Movie Review 1068

‘It all began in 1944, a classified mission off the coast of Scotland. The Nazis were desperate. Combining science and black magic they intended to upset the balance of the war. I could never have […]

Apr, 07

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