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- Death Trap *** (1962, Albert Lieven, Barbara Shelley, John Meillon, Mercy Haystead, Kenneth Cope, Leslie Sands, Barbara Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 13,334
- The Devil’s Daffodil ** (1961, Christopher Lee, Marius Goring, Penelope Horner, William Lucas, Colin Jeavons, Albert Lieven) – Classic Movie Review 13,333
- Locker Sixty Nine ***½ (1962, Eddie Byrne, Paul Daneman, John Carson, Walter Brown, Penelope Horner, Edward Underdown, Clarissa Stolz, John Glyn-Jones, Edwin Richfield, Alfred Burke) – Classic Movie Review 13,332
- Carry-On ** (2024, Taron Egerton, Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Jason Bateman) – Classic Movie Review 13,331
- Time To Remember ** (1962, Yvonne Monlaur, Harry H Corbett, Robert Rietty) – Classic Movie Review 13,330
- Candidate for Murder ** (1962, Michael Gough, Erika Remberg, Hans von Borsody, John Justin) – Classic Movie Review 13,329
- Man Detained *** (1961, Bernard Archard, Elvi Hale, Paul Stassino, Michael Coles) – Classic Movie Review 13,328
- 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
- Attempt to Kill ** (1961, Tony Wright, Derek Farr, Richard Pearson, Freda Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 13,326
- A Hitch in Time *** (1978, Patrick Troughton, Michael McVey, Pheona McLellan, Jeff Rawle, Sorcha Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 13,325
Posts Tagged "jazz"
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Blackboard Jungle *** (1955, Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern) – Classic Movie Review 5669
It is hard now to know from the movie exactly why, but writer-director Richard Brooks’s 1955 film exposé of teen trouble in the classrooms of New York, based on Evan Hunter’s novel, shocked the authorities […]
The Jazz Singer ***** (1927, Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer) – Classic Movie Review 4897
It is not as drama that director Alan Crosland’s 1927 Al Jolson musical about a Jewish Cantor’s son who prefers showbiz to the approval of his father is remembered. Nor is it for the performances […]
The Cotton Club ***½ (1984, Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Allen Garfield, Fred Gwynne, Gwen Verdon) – Classic Movie Review 4729
Co-writer/ director Francis Ford Coppola’s stylish and vivacious 1984 film toast to Harlem’s notorious Cotton Club jazz nightclub in 1928 stars Richard Gere and Nicolas Cage as brothers Dixie and Vincent Dwyer tapping into the world […]
The Joker Is Wild ***½ (1957, Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert, Beverly Garland, Jackie Coogan, Sophie Tucker, Ted De Corsia, Barry Kelley) – Classic Movie Review 4721
Director Charles Vidor’s hit 1957 musical The Joker Is Wild stars Frank Sinatra as Twenties Chicago night-club/ speakeasy singer Joe E Lewis, who is invited to work for the Mob during the Prohibition era, and […]
Café Society **** (2016, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively, Jeannie Berlin, Ken Stott) – Movie Review
The 80-year-old Woody Allen conjures up one of his better movies in 2016, a charming, sparkling bitter-sweet romantic comedy, with a retro 30s both coasts setting that gives him plenty of chance to show off his […]
Born To Be Blue ***½ (2015, Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Rennie, Stephen McHattie) – Movie Review
A portrait in wrecked, crumpled charm, Ethan Hawke gives a strong and powerful performance as trumpeter Chet Baker in writer-director Robert Budreau‘s 2015 story of the tormented heroin-addicted jazz legend’s musical comeback in the late Sixties. It […]
Miles Ahead *** (2015, Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Stuhlbarg) – Movie Review
Co-writer/director/star Don Cheadle’s labour of love biopic is a free-wheeling, impressionistic exploration of the life and music of legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991). This is Cheadle’s director début […]