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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
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Destination Tokyo *** (1943, Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale Jr, Tom Tully, Warner Anderson, John Forsythe, Dane Clark, Faye Emerson) – Classic Movie Review 4,312
You don’t expect to find Cary Grant in heroic mode, at the helm of a submarine, in a World War Two action movie. But here he is in the exciting, persuasive 1943 wartime propaganda film […]
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters **** (1985, Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Junkichi Orimoto, Naoko Otani, Go Riju) – Classic Movie Review 4134
Co-writer/ director Paul Schrader’s 1985 movie about the prolific and controversial Japanese novelist, writer and militarist Yukio Mishima is a startling and accomplished American art film. Japan’s greatest author Mishima turned his art into action […]
Like Grains of Sand [Nagisa no Shindobaddo] *** (1995, Yoshinori Okada, Kôta Kusano, Ayumi Hamasaki, Kumi Takada, Kouji Yamaguchi) – Classic Movie Review 4035
Yoshinori Okada and Kôta Kusano star in writer-director Ryosuke Hashiguchi’s intense, subtle and moving 1995 Japanese gay film about the complex relationships between a close-knit group of four teenage friends and focusing on a high school […]
Onibaba [The Hole] ***** (1964, Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satô) – Classic Movie Review 2809
Writer-director Kaneto Shindo’s ultra-thrilling, scary and imaginative 1964 Japanese horror story is a brilliant original. Shindo’s plot is about a 14th century Japanese mother and her daughter-in-law, grieving for their beloved son and husband, who […]
The Last Emperor ***** (1987, John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O’Toole) – Classic Movie Review 2619
Co-writer/director Bernardo Bertolucci’s magnificent 1987 movie The Last Emperor about the last imperial ruler of China was a much-deserved world-wide triumph for him and his brave and ambitious British producer, Jeremy Thomas. The Last Emperor won nine […]
Tokyo Tribe **** (2014, Ryôhei Suzuki, Riki Takeuchi, Young Dais, Ryûta Satô) – Movie Review
With a pounding soundtrack of rhyming Japanese rap (the English sub-title translations rhyme as well!), writer-director Shion Sono’s musical fight movie, based on Santa Inoue’s magna series is sensational. It’s as full-on as its is completely crazy. […]
Highlander 3: The Sorcerer *** (1994, Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Kara Unger) – Classic Movie Review 2333
Director Andrew Morahan’s 1994 second Highlander sequel is a fast-paced sci-fi fantasy action adventure thriller, with Christopher Lambert back for his fun third turn as the sword-fighting immortal Connor MacLeod. Melvin Van Peebles enlivens things […]