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Hawk the Slayer ** (1980 Jack Palance, John Terry, Bernard Bresslaw, Ray Charleson, Annette Crosbie, Cheryl Campbell, Peter O’Farrell, Harry Andrews, Roy Kinnear, Ferdy Mayne, Shane Briant) – Classic Movie Review 8456

Director Terry Marcel’s 1980 fantasy adventure Hawk the Slayer is a brutish, British entry into the sword and sorcery stakes with John Terry (Hawk) and Jack Palance (Voltan) playing hero and villain siblings battling over a […]

May, 11

The Nun’s Story **** (1959, Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans) – Classic Movie Review 8127

‘He that shall lose his life for me shall find it.’ Director Fred Zinnemann’s 1959 The Nun’s Story stars the always beautiful Audrey Hepburn, who disguises her usual chic beauty and shines in a strong […]

Feb, 13

The Nun *** (2018, Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet) – Movie Review

Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night in the convent with that pesky Nun, in this spin off from the Conjuring universe. Corin Hardy ‘s The Nun (2018) is a silly but […]

Sep, 07

Sea Wife ** (1957, Joan Collins, Richard Burton, Basil Sydney, Cy Grant) – Classic Movie Review 7318

‘One of the Most Challenging Stories of Faith Ever Told!’ Well, that was the plan, but things did not quite turn out like that. Director Bob McNaught’s 1957 British romantic drama Sea Wife stars Richard […]

Jul, 20

Come to the Stable *** (1949, Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester, Thomas Gomez, Dooley Wilson, Regis Toomey) – Classic Movie Review 7249

Director Henry Koster’s 1949 true story comedy drama Come to the Stable stars Loretta Young and Celeste Holm as French nuns Sister Margaret and Sister Scholastica, who arrive and set out win the hearts and help of […]

Jul, 05

Madonna of the Seven Moons **** (1945, Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger, Patricia Roc, Peter Glenville, John Stuart, Jean Kent, Dulcie Gray) – Classic Movie Review 6,965

Can we have your attention, please, for ‘The year’s strangest, most absorbing drama!’, the 1945 Gainsborough melodrama film Madonna of the Seven Moons, starring Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger and Patricia Roc. Director Arthur Crabtree’s engagingly florid 1944 British movie […]

Apr, 25

Two Mules for Sister Sara **** (1970, Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood) – Classic Movie Review 6170

Director Don Siegel’s minor but involving and entertaining 1970 comic Western is quirkily adapted by screen writer Albert Maltz from a story by Fifties cult director Budd Boetticher. It comes over as a slightly offbeat […]

Nov, 01

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