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Posts Tagged "Michael Caine"

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Jaws: The Revenge [Jaws 4] * (1987, Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young, Michael Caine) – Classic Movie Review 4901

Producer-director Joseph Sargent’s 1987 fourth and final part of the shark saga Jaws: The Revenge has only its star Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody, widow of Roy Scheider’s character police chief Brody, surviving from the first […]

Jan, 16

A Hill in Korea [Hell in Korea] *** (1956, George Baker, Stanley Baker, Harry Andrews, Stephen Boyd, Ronald Lewis, Michael Medwin, Robert Shaw, Michael Caine) – Classic Movie Review 3429

In director Julian Aymes’s sincere but rather glum and stagey 1956 British film, based on Max Catto’s novel, a retreating British National Service re-con patrol guards a lonely hill temple in Korea and clashes with the Chinese troops […]

Feb, 29

Youth **** (2015, Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Jane Fonda) – Movie Review

It’s the 82-year-old Michael Caine’s best role and best piece of serious acting in years, triumphing over risky and weirdly eccentric casting against type as retired classical composer and orchestra conductor Fred Ballinger. He is enjoying a Swiss […]

Dec, 21

The Swarm * (1978, Michael Caine, Richard Widmark, Katharine Ross, Henry Fonda, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Fred MacMurray) – Classic Movie Review 3099

The 1978 horror thriller The Swarm is a particularly silly disaster movie from the king of genre, producer-director Irwin Allen, that is a hoot to watch if you are in the right frame of mind. […]

Nov, 26

Blood and Wine **** (1996, Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff, Judy Davis, Jennifer Lopez) – Classic Movie Review 2998

Jack Nicholson re-teams in 1996 with director Bob Rafelson (The King of Marvin Gardens, Five Easy Pieces) for the pounding lowlife thriller Blood and Wine, with the slogan ‘There is no honour amongst thieves’ (amongst […]

Oct, 20

Deadfall *** (1968, Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman) – Classic Movie Review 2421

Writer-director Bryan Forbes’s plush and alluring British 1968 French Riviera crime caper with dark psychological and sexual overtones is brought to life by capable character studies from Michael Caine, Eric Portman and Nanette Newman. The […]

Apr, 22

Funeral in Berlin **** (1966, Michael Caine, Oskar Homolka, Paul Hubschmid, Eva Renzi) – Classic Movie Review 2419

Michael Caine returns for his second spy thriller in the Sixties Harry Palmer film trilogy, with Bond director Guy Hamilton at the helm, in 1966’s Funeral in Berlin.  Michael Caine returns for his second spy […]

Apr, 22

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