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Eureka Stockade [Massacre Hill] *** (1949, Chips Rafferty, Ralph Truman, Jane Barrett, Gordon Jackson, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing, Peter Finch) – Classic Movie Review 4670

Britain’s Ealing Studios went Down Under to Australia again (following its success with The Overlanders) for co-writer/ director Harry Watt’s 1949 pseudo-Western about four Victorian period Aussie gold miners, led by Peter Lalor (Chips Rafferty), grouping […]

Nov, 20

Three Kings **** (1999, George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze) – Classic Movie Review 4618

Writer-director David O Russell’s brilliant American satirical black comedy anti-war movie is based on a story by John Ridley. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze star as adventurous American soldiers during the 1991 Iraqi uprising against Saddam Hussein, who […]

Nov, 09

Romancing the Stone **** (1984, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda, Zack Norman) – Classic Movie Review 4085

Director Robert Zemeckis’s sparkling 1984 comedy adventure stars Michael Douglas, the actor-producer with the Midas touch in the Eighties and Nineties, who strikes box-office gold gold again with this spoofy action adventure tale, written by Diane Thomas. […]

Jul, 25

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad ***½ (1973, John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker, Douglas Wilmer, Martin Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 3520

‘Sinbad battles the creatures of legend in the miracle of Dynarama!’ ‘Dynarama means supreme adventure!’ Director Gordon Hessler’s 1973 British adventure movie does what it says on the posters and is exotic, colourful, fast-moving and fun. […]

Apr, 03

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ***** (1989, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott) – Classic Movie Review 3076

Director Steven Spielberg’s 1989 third Indiana Jones adventure has everything it takes to entrance fans of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984): Harrison Ford, exciting stunts […]

Nov, 22

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold *** (1994, Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz, Jack Palance) – Classic Movie Review 1726

Billy Crystal and Daniel Stern, re-creating their roles as the hapless Manhattan dudes Mitch Robbins and Phil Berquist from the 1991 comedy Western blockbuster City Slickers, are back looking for laughs in the great Wild […]

Oct, 01

The Goonies **** (1985, Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen) – Classic Movie Review 298

Written by Chris Columbus and based on an original story by executive producer Steven Spielberg, this spiffing 1985 entertainment is a ripping yarn and an extremely likeable comedy action adventure. It’s bursting at the seams […]

Oct, 19

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