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Wind River **** (2017, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olson, Gil Birmingham, Graham Greene) – Movie Review

Ironically, though it was a sweaty evening at the cinema with the aircon not working, this 2017 crime drama, mystery movie is ultra-chilly in every way. Shot in snowy landscapes, it is very cold, bleak, intense and […]

Sep, 09

The Limehouse Golem **** (2016, Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth, Olivia Cooke, Daniel Mays, Eddie Marsan, Sam Reid) – Movie Review

National treasure Bill Nighy is excellent as London copper John Kildare doggedly on the trail of a Victorian Limehouse serial killer. He involves himself in the fate of Lizzie Cree (Olivia Cooke), who is about to be hanged […]

Aug, 31

Legal Eagles *** (1986, Robert Redford. Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill) – Classic Movie Review 5967

Producer-director Ivan Reitman’s 1986 romantic comedy thriller provides a nice change of pace for Robert Redford as Tom Logan, a New York prosecuting assistant district attorney embroiled with with his adversary the defence lawyer Laura […]

Aug, 25

Dishonored Lady ** (1947, Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O’Keefe, John Loder) – Classic Movie Review 5966

Director Robert Stevenson’s intriguing 1947 film noir crime melodrama stars Hedy Lamarr as beautiful Madeleine Damien, the mysterious Manhattan magazine fashion lady suspected of larceny and murder, after she becomes a lively party girl at […]

Aug, 24

Letty Lynton **** (1932, Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Nils Asther) – Classic Movie Review 5965

Director Clarence Brown’s 1932 melodrama movie Letty Lynton is an enthralling, little-known early Joan Crawford vehicle that sees our heroine donning the shoulder pads and cloche hats as Letty Lynton, a lovely wealthy socialite lady […]

Aug, 24

Dr Crippen *** (1963, Donald Pleasence, Samantha Eggar, Coral Browne, Donald Wolfit) – Classic Movie Review 5,917

Donald Pleasence is ideally cast in the 1963 British film Dr Crippen as the real-life Edwardian doctor Hawley Harvey Crippen, who was hanged in 1910 for the murder of his wife. But was he really […]

Aug, 14

Narrow Margin **** (1990, Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B Sikking, J T Walsh, M Emmet Walsh, Harris Yulin) – Classic Movie Review 5908

‘It will take you to the edge of suspense.’ Director Peter Hyams’s ultra-suspense 1990 thriller Narrow Margin is a thrillingly exciting version for the Nineties of the 1952 RKO classic The Narrow Margin about a […]

Aug, 13

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