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Highway Dragnet ** (1954, Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix, Reed Hadley) – Classic Movie Review 4977

Director Nathan Juran’s 1954 film noir thriller stars Richard Conte as James Henry, a US Marine hitch-hiker, a Korean War veteran, who is picked up by driving freelance magazine fashion photographer Mrs. Cummings (Joan Bennett) […]

Feb, 01

Blood Bath * (1966, William Campbell, Linda Saunders, Marissa Mathes, Sid Haig) – Classic Movie Review 4845

‘A new HIGH in BLOOD-CHILLING HORROR!’ Writer-directors Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman’s 1966 horror film stars William Campbell, Linda [Lori] Saunders, Marissa Mathes, and Sid Haig as Abdul the Arab. This much-troubled Roger Corman produced effort […]

Jan, 04

Model Shop **** (1969, Gary Lockwood, Anouk Aimée, Alexandra Hay) – Classic Movie Review 4,302

French director Jacques Demy’s first film made in America and in English is hypnotically compelling and shamefully underrated. Demy reunites with Anouk Aimée, who also plays a character named Lola in his debut film Lola […]

Sep, 05

The Neon Demon *** (2016, Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Christina Hendricks, Abbey Lee, Karl Glusman, Bella Heathcote, Keanu Reeves, Desmond Harrington) – Movie Review

Elle Fanning stars as 16-year-old aspiring model Jesse, who comes from small town USA to Los Angeles, where she is targeted by a group of beauty-obsessed women. Nicolas Winding Refn’s pervy, a bit dodgy, David Lynch-style arty exploiter is […]

Jul, 08

Absolute Beginners *** (1986, Eddie O’Connell, Patsy Kensit, David Bowie, Ray Davies, James Fox) Classic Movie Review 3257

Director Julien Temple’s 1986 ambitious attempt to adapt Colin MacInnes’s 1959 realistic novel about youth and racism in London into a big-budget fantasy musical fails to hit enough of the right notes. However it does […]

Jan, 11

How to Marry a Millionaire **** (1953, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, William Powell) – Classic Movie Review 2612

Marilyn Monroe (as Pola Debevoise), Betty Grable (as Loco Dempsey) and Lauren Bacall (as Schatze Page) star as the shallow but sweet gold-diggers of 1953 in director Jean Negulesco’s entertaining smash comedy. The trio of […]

Jun, 17

Darling **** (1965, Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey) – Classic Movie Review 2,270

John Schlesinger’s 1965 film Darling stars Julie Christie at her most luminous. She won the Best Actress Oscar as an ambitious, amoral English model who sleeps her way to the top of the Swinging London […]

Mar, 15

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