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- Hand in Hand *** (1960, Loretta Parry, Philip Needs, Sybil Thorndike, John Gregson, Finlay Currie, Derek Sydney, Miriam Karlin, Kathleen Byron) – Classic Movie Review 13,327
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- A Hitch in Time *** (1978, Patrick Troughton, Michael McVey, Pheona McLellan, Jeff Rawle, Sorcha Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 13,325
- Man at the Carlton Tower *** (1961, Maxine Audley, Lee Montague, Alfred Burke, Allan Cuthbertson) – Classic Movie Review 13,324
- Beyond the Door [Chi Sei?] [The Devil Within Her] * (1974, Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia, Elizabeth Turner, David Colin Jr) – Classic Movie Review 13,323
- Beyond the Door II [Schock] *** (1979, Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner, David Colin Jr, Ivan Rassimov) – Classic Movie Review 13,322
- Blood Red ** (1989, Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young) – Classic Movie Review 13,321
- The Fourth Square *** (1961, Conrad Phillips, Natasha Parry, Delphi Lawrence, Miriam Karlin, Jacqueline Jones, Anthony Newlands, Basil Dignam, Harold Kasket) – Classic Movie Review 13,316
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The Getaway **** (1994, Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods) – Classic Movie Review 2228
Director Roger Donaldson’s 1994 action crime thriller is a surprise remake of the Steve McQueen-Ali MacGraw 1972 classic favourite. This time Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger star as the crooks on the run from both […]
Lucky Break *** (2001, James Nesbitt, Bill Nighy, Timothy Spall, Christopher Plummer, Olivia Williams, Lennie James, Ron Cook, Frank Harper) – Classic Movie Review 2124
Producer-director Peter Cattaneo’s spritely and amusing 2001 British comedy Lucky Break stars James Nesbitt, Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy and Lennie James as a bunch of convicts who are locked up in a jolly sort of […]
Son of a Gun **** (2014, Ewan McGregor, Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander) – Movie Review
Debut feature writer-director Julius Avery’s nerve-jangling Aussie prison drama, then gold heist thriller is an action crime caper with attitude and a commendably tough tone. Filmed on fresh, atmospheric Aussie locations, t’s all it should be – tense, […]
The Grapes of Wrath ***** (1940, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 1825
Best Director John Ford and Best Supporting Actress Jane Darwell both won essential Oscars for this stupendous 1940 film of the John Steinbeck story about the odyssey of the Joads. They are a poor Oklahoma farming […]
Jailhouse Rock **** (1957, Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy) – Classic Movie Review 1,356
Elvis Presley stars as a self-centred but good-hearted bad boy called Vince Everett, the epitome of troubled youth, in the 1957 teen musical film Jailhouse Rock. It caused a scandal because Elvis plays a bad […]
Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies (2004, John Cho, Kal Penn) – Classic Film Review 1078
John Cho and Kal Penn star as druggies Harold and Kumar, who want to get their munchies by going to the White Castle burger bar, but everything seems to get in the way. Their car’s […]
Buffalo ’66 **** (1998, Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rourke, Rosanna Arquette, Jan-Michael Vincent, Kevin Pollak) – Classic Movie Review 1074
Co-writer-director Vincent Gallo stars in his own 1998 movie as a ex-con called Billy Brown, who goes on the run with (at first) reluctant teenage student hostage-lover Layla (Christina Ricci), getting her to masquerade as […]