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From Hell It Came * (1957, Tod Andrews, Tina Carver, Linda Watkins, John McNamara, Suzanne Ridgway) – Classic Movie Review 4898

‘Frightmare! Born of Jungle Witchcraft! Created by a Curse! Beast-Thing from the Flames of Hades!’ Director Dan Milner’s incredibly bad 1957 horror/ sci-fi monster movie From Hell It Came is actually a step beyond incredible, […]

Jan, 16

Shame [Skammen] **** (1968, Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Sigge Fürst) – Classic Movie Review 4839

In writer/ director Ingmar Bergman’s bleak, starkly photographed (by the masterly cinematographer Sven Nykvist) 1968 futuristic war fable, a violinist couple (played by Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann) are embroiled in a civil war […]

Jan, 03

The Son of Kong *** (1933, Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher, John Marston, Victor Wong, Lee Kohlmar, Ed Brady) – Classic Movie Review 4658

‘SEE! The cannibals! The earthquake! The sea serpent! The fighting monsters of ages past!’ It is irresistible, isn’t it? Probably the first monster movie sequel, it starts by announcing itself as ‘a serio-comic phantasy’. Producer Merian […]

Nov, 15

All the Brothers Were Valiant *** (1953, Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth) – Classic Movie Review 4654

MGM’s old-fashioned 1953 sea-faring adventure film All the Brothers Were Valiant stars Stewart Granger and Robert Taylor as valiant sailing ship brothers Mark and Joel Shore, working in the fishing business in the South Pacific […]

Nov, 14

Couples Retreat *** (2009, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Jon Favreau, Kristin Davis, Faizon Love, Kali Hawk, Jean Reno) – Classic Movie Review 4628

Director Peter Billingsley’s 2009 Couples Retreat might only be a formulaic, lowbrow comedy but, with its first-rate cast and decent premise, it knows how to get you laughing. Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell play a troubled […]

Nov, 10

Summer of ’42 **** (1971, Jennifer O’Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant) – Classic Movie Review 4252

Young Gary Grimes (aged 15) falls for older Jennifer O’Neill (22), who is a war bride, on the holiday resort of Nantucket Island off New England during World War Two. Day-dreaming virginal youth Hermie, spending the […]

Aug, 27

Summer with Monika [Sommaren med Monika] **** (1953, Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg, Dagmar Ebbesen) – Classic Movie Review 4250

Writer-director Ingmar Bergman’s sensitive but unsentimental account of the decline of a teenage love affair between the wild 17-year-old girl Monika (Harriet Andersson) and the 19-year-old youth Harry Lund (Lars Ekborg) is based on the novel […]

Aug, 27

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