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Impact **** (1949, Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker) – Classic Movie Review 8,966
The highly impactful 1949 black and white film noir crime drama Impact stars Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn and Helen Walker. It is B-movie noir thriller film-making par excellence. Director Arthur Lubin’s highly impactful […]
Quicksand *** (1950, Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre) – Classic Movie Review 8909
Director Irving Pichel’s low-budget 1950 black and white film noir crime thriller Quicksand stars Mickey Rooney as garage-hand Dan Brady, who steals $20 from his employer, intending to pay it back next day, when he […]
The Unbelievable Truth **** (1989, Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, Chris Cooke) – Classic Movie Review 7098
Delightfully oddball characters, situations and dialogue are orchestrated endearingly by writer-director Hal Hartley in his auspicious 1989 début film The Unbelievable Truth. It is a rewarding, darkly satirical comedy of American small-town life about paroled […]
Il Grido [The Cry] [The Outcry] **** (1957, Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Dorian Gray, Betsy Blair, Lynn Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 6280
This downbeat and ambling 1957 Italian personal drama and study in alienation is impressively filmed along Neo-Realist lines by master director Michelangelo Antonioni, who was soon about to make his international name with L’Avventura (1960), […]
Two-Lane Blacktop **** (1971, James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 6209
‘You can never go fast enough…’ Director Monte Hellman views his 1971 film masterwork Two-Lane Blacktop about a cross-country chase between two custom cars as a metaphorical odyssey into the heart of America. It is […]
Test Pilot **** (1938, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy, Lionel Barrymore) – Classic Movie Review 5481
Director Victor Fleming’s thrilling and splendidly romantic 1938 aviation adventure tale of machismo in the air, and romance and comedy on the ground is delivered with all of the vintage MGM studio’s polish and know-how. […]
The Mechanic ** (2011, Jason Statham, Tony Goldwyn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Foster) – Classic Movie Review 4607
Jason Statham delivers the action alright but fails to impress in the acting department, stepping into Charles Bronson’s worn-out old shoes in director Simon West’s all-too-moderate 2011 remake of the 1972 Michael Winner thriller The Mechanic. […]