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Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon * (1967, Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Fröbe, Terry-Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 12,474

Director Don Sharp’s amiable enough but dithering 1967 colour British science fiction comedy film Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon stars Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Fröbe, Terry-Thomas, Hermione Gingold, Lionel Jeffries, Dennis Price, and […]

Apr, 10

Moon 44 *** (1990, Michael Paré, Lisa Eichhorn, Dean Devlin, Malcolm McDowell) – Classic Movie Review 11,334

‘A galactic adventure from the excitement zone!’ Director Roland Emmerich’s lively and likeable 1990 West German B-movie-style sci-fi action thriller Moon 44 stars Michael Paré, Lisa Eichhorn and Malcolm McDowell. It is 2038, and multi-nationals […]

Jun, 22

Kaos ***** (1984, Margarita Lozano, Orazio Torrisi, Carlo Cartier) – Classic Movie Review 11,331

The amazing 1984 Italian art work drama film Kaos is ‘A Canvas of People, Politics, Passion and Pirandello from Italy’s Taviani brothers’. Italy’s Taviani brothers conjure up an astonishing, visually astounding film drawn from Luigi […]

Jun, 21

Moon Zero Two *** (1969, James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell, Adrienne Corri) – Classic Movie Review 10,713

Hammer Films studios abandon horror for director Roy Ward Baker’s brave and ambitious 1969 British sci-fi movie Moon Zero Two, a hybrid Western set in a future-world outer space on the Moon in the year 2021, […]

Dec, 27

First Men in the Moon ** (1964, Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries) – Classic Movie Review 9503

Director Nathan Juran’s 1964 sci-fi adventure yarn First Men in the Moon, taken from a story by H G Wells, is aimed to please eager teenagers, though it has some appeal to dads too. A […]

Mar, 13

Countdown *** (1967, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Joanna Moore) – Classic Movie Review 8569

Director Robert Altman concentrates more on human emotions than the special effects in his 1967 sci-fi  thriller Countdown and the result is always fascinating if a little earnest and uncommercial, though that isn’t necessarily a […]

Jun, 09
Man in the Moon ** (1960, Kenneth More, Shirley Anne Field, Michael Hordern, Norman Bird) – Classic Movie Review 8161

Man in the Moon ** (1960, Kenneth More, Shirley Anne Field, Michael Hordern, Norman Bird) – Classic Movie Review 8161

Director Basil Dearden’s silly 1960 British black and white satirical comedy Man in the Moon tackles the then topical subject of sending the first astronaut into space. It is occasionally amusing, but mostly it is […]

Feb, 21

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