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The New Adventures of Tarzan ** (1935, Bruce Bennett, Ula Holt, Frank Baker) – Classic Movie Review 8087

Director Edward A Kull’s 1935 feature film The New Adventures of Tarzan stars Bruce Bennett [aka Herman Brix back then], who is the way more than adequate gentleman vine-swinger in this much better than just […]

Feb, 02

Rough Cut ** (1980, Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven) – Classic Movie Review 6787

Director Don Siegel’s 1980 penultimate movie stars Burt Reynolds as twinkling, sophisticated jewel thief Jack Rhodes, with one eye on the jewels and the other on the ladies. Reynolds is rightly compared to Cary Grant, […]

Mar, 10

Son of Ali Baba *** (1952, Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Susan Cabot, Victor Jory, Hugh O’Brian, William Reynolds, Morris Ankrum) – Classic Movie Review 4541

Director Kurt Neumann’s 1952 cutely escapist adventure stars the young and handsome pair Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie (re-teamed after their 1951 The Prince Who Was a Thief was a hit), who whizz us off to old Bagdad […]

Oct, 26

Danger: Diabolik **** (1967, John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi, Terry-Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 3,528

Mario Bava’s bravura 1967 live-action comic film Danger: Diabolik stars the engaging John Phillip Law as black-clad master thief Diabolik, and rattles along from one hairy adventure to the next. It is a triumph of […]

Apr, 04

The Ghoul **** (1933, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Ralph Richardson, Kathleen Harrison, Cedric Hardwicke) – Classic Movie Review 2,905

‘From the Depths of the Earth, He Will Rise.’ Boris Karloff returns in triumph to his home country for the great eerie fun 1933 British black and white horror movie The Ghoul. ‘An Ancient Curse […]

Sep, 12

Satan Met a Lady *** (1936, Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth, Marie Wilson, Arthur Treacher, Winifred Shaw, Porter Hall) – Classic Movie Review 2466

  When Warner Bros tried to re-release its pre-Code 1931 film of The Maltese Falcon early in 1936, the Production Code Office was censoring movies and it refused approval due to the film’s supposedly ‘lewd’ content. So, with censorship […]

May, 09

Ride with the Devil **** (1999, Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich) – Classic Movie Review 1325

Director Ang Lee’s splendid 1999 American Civil War Western flopped at the box office but it is a near-masterpiece with great ambition, scope and visual sweep. Tobey Maguire and Skeet Ulrich star as Missouri boys Jake […]

Jun, 15

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