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Mortal Kombat *** (1995, Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, Bridgette Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 1172

Director Paul Anderson’s fairly enjoyable 1995 movie Mortal Kombat is a flashy, noisy and pretty cheesy fantasy action adventure, based on the first title in the video game series by Ed Boon and John Tobias, […]

May, 03

Escape from L A ** (1996, Kurt Russell, Cliff Robertson, Georges Corraface, A J Langer, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, Bruce Campbell, Peter Fonda, Michelle Forbes, Pam Grier, Valeria Golino) – Classic Movie Review 1176

Director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell reunite in 1996 for a fairly feeble, low-imagination, low-adrenaline sequel to 1981’s Escape from New York that plays more like a re-make. They shouldn’t have proceeded without a […]

May, 03

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

Island of Lost Souls **** (1932, Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams) – Classic Movie Review 907

Director Erle C Kenton’s 1932 horror movie is still the best film version of H G Wells’s story The Island of Dr Moreau. It was considered so horrific that it was banned by the British […]

Mar, 12

The Island of Dr Moreau (1977, Burt Lancaster) – Classic Film Review 906

Burt Lancaster stars in 1977 as mad scientist Dr Paul Moreau who creates human-animal hybrids in a gripping, atmospheric and lavish remake of the 1933 film The Island of Lost Souls with Charles Laughton, from the […]

Mar, 12

The Island of Dr Moreau (1996, Kilmer, Brando) – Bad Movie 1

Director John Frankenheimer’s 1996 movie is one of his worst films, an appalling, totally inept remake of the classic novel by H G Wells’s The Island of Dr Moreau, filmed in 1933 as The Island […]

Mar, 12

The Expendables *** (2010, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke) – Classic Movie Review 804

‘We are the shadows and the smoke, we rise. We are the ghosts that hide in the night.’ – Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone). Mercenaries Sylvester Stallone (aged 64), Jason Statham (38) and Jet Li (47) […]

Feb, 05

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