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The Magnificent Matador [The Brave and the Beautiful] ** (1955, Maureen O’Hara, Anthony Quinn, Manuel Rojas, Richard Denning, Thomas Gomez, Lola Albright) – Classic Movie Review 11,235

Director Budd Boetticher’s 1955 romantic drama The Magnificent Matador [The Brave and the Beautiful] stars Anthony Quinn as Luís Santos, the star bullfighter coming to the end of his career and putting a young lad […]

May, 23

The Bobo ** (1967, Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi) – Classic Movie Review 10,277

Director Robert Parrish’s 1967 The Bobo stars Peter Sellers, who teams with his second wife Britt Ekland in a very minor, deservedly long-forgotten comedy about an inept singing matador called Juan Bautista (Sellers) given three […]

Sep, 08

Fiesta ** (1947, Esther Williams, Akim Tamiroff, Ricardo Montalban, John Carroll, Cyd Charisse, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 8349

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1947 slim escapist entertainment Fiesta is vaguely amusing but not MGM’s best musical, thanks to slack work by writers George Bruce and Lester Cole. Unfortunately, it is hardly a musical at all, […]

Apr, 09

The Bullfighters *** (1945, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Margo Woode, Richard Lane, Carol Andrews, Diosa Costello, Ralph Sanford) – Classic Movie Review 7447

Director Malcolm [Mal] St Clair’s 1945 comedy The Bullfighters teams Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy for their last American film together, in which they star as American private detectives in Mexico City on the trail of […]

Aug, 16

Bullfighter and the Lady *** (1951, Robert Stack, Joy Page, Gilbert Roland, Katy Jurado, Virginia Grey, John Hubbard) – Classic Movie Review 7446

This interesting but mainly routine romantic action drama movie is intriguingly co-written, produced and directed by cult favourite Budd Boetticher. It is also intriguing that John Wayne was executive producer and John Ford an uncredited […]

Aug, 15

Matador *** (1986, Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, Carmen Maura) – Classic Movie Review 3563

A retired male bullfighter and a smart female lawyer share a fatal fascination with death, in Pedro Almodóvar’s stylish, provocative, acclaimed 1986 black comedy film Matador. A retired male bullfighter and a smart female lawyer […]

Apr, 13

The Brave One **** (1956, Michel Ray, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr, Elsa Cárdenas, Fermin Rivera) – Classic Movie Review 3260

Director Irving Rapper’s 1956 rarely-shown or little-remembered family drama movie can now be properly recalled thanks to the film Trumbo (2015) that tells the story of its writing. The Brave One won an Oscar for […]

Jan, 12

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