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The Men of Sherwood Forest ** (1954) – Classic Movie Review 9457

Hammer Films cash in on the success of Disney’s 1952 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) – and why not ? – with Val Guest’s pleasant if very routine 1954 Eastmancolor […]

Mar, 03

Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier *** (1955, Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Basil Ruysdael) – Classic Movie Review 6485

How many ears has Davy Crockett? Three. Two at the side and a wild frontier! Director Norman Foster’s 1955 Western is the first of two Walt Disney cinema features successfully stitched together for cinema audiences […]

Dec, 29

Candyman **** (1992, Virginia Madsen, Kasi Lemmons, Xander Berkeley, DeJuan Guy, Tony Todd) – Classic Movie Review 6116

A Clive Barker story called The Forbidden is realised on screen with great vigour by screen-writer/ director Bernard Rose in this exciting, full-throttle 1992 horror movie. Virginia Madsen stars as the spunky heroine Helen Lyle, […]

Oct, 20

Lancelot of the Lake [Lancelot du Lac] ***** (1974, Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan) – Classic Movie Review 3652

Masterly writer-director Robert Bresson lets his spare shooting style loose on the Arthurian legend in this mesmerising 1974 French film of great formal beauty, spotlighting the characters’ cruelty, pride and aching need for human affection. […]

May, 03

The Gorgon *** (1964, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Patrick Troughton, Michael Goodliffe) – Classic Movie Review 2888

‘A Monster With the Power to Turn Living Screaming Flesh Into Stone!’ Director Terence Fisher’s 1964 Hammer horror The Gorgon has an eerie touch in its story about the snake-haired mythical creature The Gorgon taking […]

Sep, 07

Crossroads **** (1986, Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz) – Classic Movie Review 2596

Director Walter Hill’s fresh and original 1986 drama stars Ralph Macchio, who is extremely winsome as Eugene Martone, a bright-eyed and extraordinarily talented classical guitar musician who dreams of being a famous blues guitarist. While […]

Jun, 14

The Immortal Story [Histoire immortelle] **** (1968, Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Roger Coggio, Norman Eshley) – Classic Movie Review 2554

Director Orson Welles plays Mr Charles Clay, a rich Portuguese merchant in 19th-century Macao, who tells his clerk Levinsky (Roger Coggio) a true story he heard years before about a rich man who paid a poor […]

Jun, 03

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