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Algiers **** (1938, Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie, Joseph Calleia, Gene Lockhart) – Classic Movie Review 4297

Director John Cromwell’s sleek and shiny 1938 escapist exotic adventure epic stars Charles Boyer as Algiers Casbah thief Pépé le Moko, who falls in love with the beautiful Gaby (Hedy Lamarr) – understandable, but a mistake! – […]

Sep, 04

All Night Long *** (1981, Gene Hackman, Barbra Streisand, Diane Ladd, Dennis Quaid) – Classic Movie Review 4072

Director Jean-Claude Tramont’s quirky 1981 comedy stars Gene Hackman as a man called George Dupler who is having a midlife crisis. He is a married executive who loses his temper and is relegated to being manager […]

Jul, 24

Weird Woman *** (1944, Lon Chaney Jr, Evelyn Ankers, Anne Gwynne, Ralph Morgan, Elizabeth Risdon, Lois Collier, Kay Harding, Elizabeth Russell) – Classic Movie Review 3,767

‘DOES VOODOO DEATH STRIKE FROM HER ARMS?’ The amusing and campy 1944 Inner Sanctum series mystery thriller Weird Woman stars Lon Chaney Jr as a professor who marries an exotic woman believed to be a […]

May, 24

Savage Nights [Les Nuits Fauves] **** (1992, Cyril Collard, Romane Bohringer, Carlos López) – Classic Movie Review 3635

‘I feel I’m going through life like an American tourist, doing as many towns as possible.’ – Jean. Writer-director Cyril Collard stars as the bisexual HIV-positive film-maker Jean in his own promising movie Savage Nights [Les […]

May, 01

The Cry of the Owl *** (2009, Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, Karl Pruner) – Classic Movie Review 3550

Director Jamie Thraves also writes the screenplay of this intriguing 2009 thriller, adapting the novel by Patricia Highsmith that had already provided a most satisfying movie version in 1987 from masterly Claude Chabrol, The Cry of the […]

Apr, 10

Gidget Goes Hawaiian ** (1961, James Darren, Michael Callan, Deborah Walley, Carl Reiner) – Classic Movie Review 3385

A pleasant Deborah Walley takes over from Sandra Dee as the 15-year-old ‘girl midget’ Gidget in this modest but nice-looking first sequel to Gidget (1959). And, guess what?, she’s off to Hawaii on vacation with […]

Feb, 20

Gidget Goes to Rome ** (1963, James Darren, Cindy Carol, Jessie Royce Landis, Cesare Danova) – Classic Movie Review 3386

A disappointing Cindy Carol takes over as the 17-year-old Gidget in returning director Paul Wendkos’s modest but nice-looking 1963 second sequel to Gidget (1959). And, guess what?, the  ‘girl midget’ is off to Rome. Happily, James […]

Feb, 19

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