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- Man Detained *** (1961, Bernard Archard, Elvi Hale, Paul Stassino, Michael Coles) – Classic Movie Review 13,327
- 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
- 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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- 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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Celebrity *** (1998, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Joe Mantegna, Winona Ryder, Charlize Theron, Hank Azario, Famke Janssen) – Classic Movie Review 1037
Celebrity has to be counted a bit of an intriguing flop in 1998 from writer-director Woody Allen (who doesn’t appear, which is always bad news). Kenneth Branagh is miscast and struggling in what amounts to […]
Runaway Bride *** (1999, Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Rita Wilson, Paul Dooley) – Classic Movie Review 878
‘A girl can’t get married in flannel!’ – Maggie Carpenter. The stars of the 1990 hit Pretty Woman are reunited for this equally quirky but less enjoyable romantic comedy. A decade on in 1999, this […]
Crazy Heart **** 2009, Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall) – Classic Movie Review 785
Writer-director Scott Cooper’s sensational 2009 movie feature debut showcases Best Actor Oscar-winning Jeff Bridges, who is at his best for ages and ages as Bad Blake, a boozed-out, burnt-out country singer. Bad Blake gets a second […]
La Grande Bellezza [The Great Beauty] **** (2013, Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli) – Movie Review
Toni Servillo stars as journalist Jep Gambardella, who after his 65th birthday looks back over enjoying the years of nightclubs and parties nightlife of Rome and discovers a timeless landscape of perennial great beauty. Now that’s a plot […]
La Dolce Vita ***** (1960, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimee, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny, Lex Barker, Nadia Gray) – Classic Movie Review 628
Co-writer/director Federico Fellini infamously dissects the decadent life of Rome in 1960, a world populated by cynical journalists and dissolute, disillusioned people like bored socialite Maddalena (Anouk Aimée), sexpot film star Sylvia (Anita Ekberg) and strip-teasing countess […]
Big Fish **** (2003, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny DeVito, Matthew McGrory, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohmann) – Classic Movie Review 293
That old cynic, director Tim Burton, gets in touch with his sentimental inner self in this posh, stylish, and marvellous-looking fantasy heart-warmer from 2003. It’s a quirky winner, but, oh, how you miss the really […]
Man on Fire **** (2004, Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Mickey Rourke, Giancarlo Giannini, Rachel Ticotin, Marc Anthony) – Classic Movie Review 256
Both Denzel Washington and his true Brit director Tony Scott are on fire with this pounding, in-your-face 2004 thriller, based on the novel by A J Quinnell. It’s exhilarating and scary high-adrenaline stuff, delivered at full pelt […]