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No Orchids for Miss Blandish * (1948, Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, Linden Travers) – Classic Movie Review 4,766

The 1948 British thriller film No Orchids for Miss Blandish of the novel by James Hadley Chase landed in a censorship row after it was passed in the UK with an uncut ‘A’ rating and […]

Dec, 06

The Terrornauts * (1967, Simon Oates, Zena Marshall, Charles Hawtrey, Patricia Hayes, Stanley Meadows, Max Adrian) – Classic Movie Review 4408

Director Montgomery Tully’s insipid 1967 science fiction film The Terrornauts for Amicus Productions was released with They Came from Beyond Space in a flop double bill famously comprising ‘the two worst films the company ever produced’. Zena Marshall stars as Sandy […]

Sep, 24

My Name Is Julia Ross **** (1945, Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Macready) – Classic Movie Review 4234

Director Joseph H Lewis’s devious 1945 film noir thriller My Name Is Julia Ross stars the young and stylish Nina Foch, who grabs her first starring role as the unfortunate titular Julia Ross, who takes a […]

Aug, 25

Saving Silverman * (2001, Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Amanda Peet, Amanda Detmer) – Classic Movie Review 4018

Steve Zahn and Jack Black star as high school buddies Wayne (Zahn) and J D (Black), who devise a fiendish plan to save their friend Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs) from marrying the wrong woman, controlly […]

Jul, 14

The Colony [Colonia] *** (2015, Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist) – Movie Review

Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl are excellent in co-writer/director Florian Gallenberger’s intense and gruelling real-life story of triumph and survival against all the odds, shedding important light on appalling atrocities in Chile at the time of the military […]

Jul, 09

Night People *** (1954, Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Björk, Rita Gam, Walter Abel, Buddy Ebsen) – Classic Movie Review 3498

Producer-writer-director Nunnally Johnson’s nimble and nifty 1954 Cold War suspense thriller Night People stars Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Björk, Rita Gam, Walter Abel and Buddy Ebsen, who greatly help to enliven the story about the […]

Mar, 24

10 Cloverfield Lane **** (2016, John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr) – Movie Review

I do love a horror movie that delivers. I’ve been looking for one for ages and ages – and, finally, this is it! None of your, oh that dripping water might be scary, those woods […]

Mar, 14

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