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The Dressmaker **** (1988, Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw, Jane Horrocks, Tim Ransom, Pete Postlethwaite) – Classic Movie Review 12,098

Stand by for acting fireworks! Director Jim O’Brien’s 1988 British drama film The Dressmaker is set in England during the Second World War, and stars Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw, Jane Horrocks, Tim Ransom, and Pete […]

May, 05

Three Steps in the Dark ** (1953, Greta Gynt, Hugh Sinclair, Sarah Lawson, Hélène Cordet, Elwyn Brook-Jones) – Classic Movie Review 11,838

Director Daniel Birt’s 1953 British black and white crime thriller second feature Three Steps in the Dark stars Greta Gynt, Hugh Sinclair, Sarah Lawson and Hélène Cordet. The capable whodunit screenplay by Brock Williams is […]

Jan, 11

Charley’s Aunt *** (1930, Charles Ruggles, June Collyer, Doris Lloyd) – Classic Movie Review 9296

Director Al Christie’s 1930 Charley’s Aunt is the first sound version of the venerable Brandon Thomas cross dressing comedy farcical play, with an engaging, very entertaining star performance by Charles Ruggles. But it is a […]

Jan, 24

Sandokan the Great [Sandokan, la Tigre di Mompracem] ** (1963, Steve Reeves, Geneviève Grad, Andrea Bosic) – Classic Movie Review 7,966

Steve Reeves updates his sword-and-sandal spectaculars for the cheerful 1963 Italian historical adventure film Sandokan the Great about the pirate-prince Sandokan rebelling against the forces of Queen Victoria. US Mr World and Mr Universe Steve […]

Dec, 31

Uncle Buck *** (1989, John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Madigan) – Classic Movie Review 5772

Writer-director John Hughes’s 1989 comedy stars chubby John Candy as the amiable bachelor slob of the title, who is called in as a last resort to look after his sister-in-law Cindy (Elaine Bromka)’s three sharp-as-knives […]

Jul, 16

Uncle Silas *** (1947, Jean Simmons, Derrick De Marney, Katina Paxinou, Derek Bond, Esmond Knight) – Classic Movie Review 5700

Jean Simmons stars in the 1947 British locked-room mystery drama Uncle Silas, a properly creepy and eerie film adaptation of the J Sheridan Le Fanu classic chiller novel. Jean Simmons stars in the 1947 British […]

Jul, 03

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers *** (1988, Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, Michael Pataki, Beau Starr) – Classic Movie Review 4243

Director Dwight H Little’s 1988 fourth episode in the long-running slasher franchise started by John Carpenter with Halloween way back in 1978, marks a properly scary return to the plot, theme and characters of that 1978 […]

Aug, 26

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