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The Return of Doctor X [The Return of Dr X] ** (1939, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Dennis Morgan) – Classic Movie Review 3,124

‘HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD…TO HAUNT THE LIVING!!!’ The intriguing 1939 horror thriller film The Return of Doctor X stars a just pre-superstardom Humphrey Bogart as the murderous bogeyman Doctor X. Bogart called it a […]

Dec, 02

Doctor X [Dr X] **** (1932, Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy) – Classic Movie Review 3,121

The wild and wonderful 1932 blood-curdling baroque horror film Doctor X [Dr X] stars Lionel Atwill as a mad scientist, Dr Jerry Xavier, the crazy full-moon serial strangler. ‘Out-Thrills Them All!’ Director Michael Curtiz’s wild […]

Dec, 02

Carol **** (2015, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler) – Movie Review

Todd Haynes revisits, sort of, the scene of his 2002 triumph, Far from Heaven, by filming Patricia Highsmith’s lesbian love story Carol. Haynes casts Cate Blanchett, one of the stars of his last movie I’m […]

Oct, 15

Mistress America *** (2015, Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke, Seth Barrish) – Movie Review

Writer-director Noah Baumbach’s bitter-sweet comedy stars Lola Kirke as Tracy, a lonely college freshman at Barnard University, whose New York way of life is turned upside down by her impetuously adventurous soon-to-be stepsister Brooke (Greta Gerwig) […]

Aug, 14

The Great Race ***** (1965, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O’Connell) – Classic Movie Review 2737

Director Blake Edwards re-teams the brilliant Some Like It Hot stars Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as The Great Race’s moustachioed villain and handsome white-suited hero, who fight it out on the road from New […]

Jul, 24

Death Wish *** (1974, Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia) – Classic Movie Review 2722

British director Michael Winner’s slick and gritty but unpleasant 1974 vigilante revenge thriller Death Wish finds Charles Bronson in his most famous performance as the initially nice New York City architect Paul Kersey. But he […]

Jul, 19

Vivacious Lady **** (1938, Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Beulah Bondi, James Ellison) – Classic Movie Review 2709

Producer-director George Stevens’s expert and delightful 1938 comedy pairs James Stewart and Rogers effectively. The stars are perfectly cast and on their best form. Stewart plays young university professor Peter Morgan who takes a quick […]

Jul, 19

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