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Bwana Devil * (1952, Robert Stack, Barbara Britton, Nigel Bruce) – Classic Movie Review 5198

‘The Miracle of the Age!!! A LION in your lap! A LOVER in your arms!’ Writer-producer-director Arch Oboler’s 1952 adventure thriller has the enormous distinction of being the very first 3D sound feature movie in English […]

Mar, 25

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe *** (2005, Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent) – Classic Movie Review 3806

The pleasant but mild opening chapter of the much-loved C S Lewis saga sees the four Pevensie kids going through a wardrobe to the magical kingdom of Narnia, where they learn of their destiny to free it with […]

Jun, 04

The Ghost and the Darkness *** (1996, Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson) – Classic Movie Review 3701

In this unbelievably old-fashioned 19th-century-set 1996 adventure movie, you expect to find both Tarzan and Allan Quatermain, since it seems to owe much to Edgar Rice Burroughs and Rider Haggard as to any true story […]

May, 12

Born Free *** (1965, Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Geoffrey Keen) – Classic Movie Review 3186

Director James Hill’s heart-warming 1965 British animal adventure movie scooped composer John Barry a pair of Oscars for Best Original Music Score and his title Best Original Song Born Free (shared with Don Black for […]

Dec, 24

Mighty Joe Young *** (1949, Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 1745

In director Ernest B Schoedsack and producer Merian C Cooper’s 1949 fantasy adventure, Mighty Joe Young the gorilla is snatched from the African jungle to work in a Hollywood nightclub, holding up a piano. At […]

Oct, 05

The Lion King III *** (2004, voices Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Matthew Broderick) – Classic Movie Review 1622

Ten years on The Lion King III is the still welcome and entertaining second sequel to the 1994 Walt Disney cartoon favourite. Director Bradley Raymond’s and writer Tom Rogers’s seamless 2004 animation ingeniously provides the […]

Sep, 02

The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride *** (1998, voices Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane) – Classic Movie Review 1621

Directors Darrell Rooney and Rob LaDuca’s seamless 1998 first sequel to the 1994 Walt Disney cartoon favourite is very welcome and entertaining if inevitably several notches down from the brilliance of the original. It helps a […]

Sep, 02

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