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The Monkey’s Uncle ** (1965, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Arthur O’Connell, Frank Faylen) – Classic Movie Review 11,786

Director Robert Stevenson’s 1965 comedy film The Monkey’s Uncle is Walt Disney Productions’ slightly less amusing sequel to their surprise hit The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) and finds Tommy Kirk back as ‘scrambled egghead’ student […]

Dec, 12

Project X *** (1987, Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, William Sadler, Willie) Classic Movie Review 10,031

Matthew Broderick gets up to monkey business in Jonathan Kaplan’s 1987 sci-fi comedy thriller Project X. Matthew Broderick’s follow-up to his big hit Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) went straight to video in Britain after […]

Jul, 13

Braindead [Dead Alive] *** (1992, Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin) – Classic Movie Review 8415

In 1992, Peter Jackson could be described as a ‘quirky horror director who makes irregular assaults on the senses’ and here in the zombie attack black comedy horror movie Braindead [Dead Alive] he goes one […]

Apr, 30

Robinson Crusoe on Mars ***½ (1964, Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West) – Classic Movie Review 5416

A daft exploitation movie title hides director Byron Haskin’s imaginative, intelligent and involving 1964 Sci-Fi version of Daniel Defoe’s classic tale with Paul Mantee as Commander Kit Draper, a US astronaut whose craft is afflicted […]

May, 07

Little Red Monkey ***½ (1955, Richard Conte, Rona Anderson, Russell Napier) – Classic Movie Review 3,890

‘THE IMPOSSIBLE CRIME. THRILLER OF THRILLERS’ Ken Hughes’s 1955 British black and white crime film Little Red Monkey is a complex, very nifty, and extremely enjoyable little Cold War espionage thriller. Richard Conte and Rona […]

Jun, 19

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger ** (1977, Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour, Taryn Power) – Classic Movie Review 3717

Patrick Wayne is dull as Sinbad in director Sam Wanamaker’s less exciting 1977 sequel to The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958, played by Kerwin Mathews) and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973, played by John Phillip Law). […]

May, 19

Kung Fu Panda ***** (2008, voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Ian McShane, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross) – Classic Movie Review 3454

This bundle of animated furry fun is a cuddly charmer. In ancient China, Po is one lazy, tubby panda. He toils in his father’s humble noodle restaurant but dreams of being a kung fu fighting […]

Mar, 06

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