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7th Cavalry *** (1956, Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C Flippen) – Classic Movie Review 6276

‘CHARGING THE BATTLE LINES OF THE SIOUX AND THE CHEYENNES!’ The early parts of cult favourite director Joseph H Lewis’s interesting minor 1956 Western are weighed down with words. So finish your conversations, get ready […]

Nov, 20

Journey’s End **** (2017, Sam Claflin, Paul Bettany, Asa Butterfield, Toby Jones, Stephen Graham ) – Movie Review

A new film version of R C Sherriff’s famous play (and novel) Journey’s End was inevitable sooner or later. Actually it is later, for we have had to wait till the impending 100th anniversary of […]

Oct, 06

Waterloo Bridge **** (1940, Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson) – Classic Movie Review 5422

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1940 vintage black and white MGM romance Waterloo Bridge is a sweet, tear-jerking winner, although it cries out for Technicolor when Joseph Ruttenberg shoots it in black and white. Though Vivien Leigh […]

May, 08

Elvira Madigan **** (1967, Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer) – Classic Movie Review 4574

Writer-director Bo Widerberg’s gorgeously pretty 1967 lovers-on-the-run romance Elvira Madigan, set in 19th-century Sweden, was a huge art house cinema hit in the Sixties. Widerberg’s screenplay is based on a real-life 19th century romantic story […]

Nov, 01

King and Country **** (1964, Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern, Barry Foster) – Classic Movie Review 2532

Director Joseph Losey’s 1964 film stars Tom Courtenay as Private Hamp, a slightly dim, uncomprehending First World War soldier who walks shell shocked away from the rat-infested Passchendaele trenches and is arrested for desertion. [Spoiler […]

May, 28

In Which We Serve ***** (1942, Noël Coward, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 1676

Noël Coward’s inspired 1942 moral-boosting war movie In Which We Serve is a polished gem that comes only from a true labour of love. ‘This is the story of a ship…’ Noël Coward’s inspired 1942 […]

Sep, 14

Ryan’s Daughter *** (1970, Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Sarah Miles, Christopher Jones, Leo McKern) – Classic Movie Review 901

David Lean’s grand epic 1970 romantic period drama Ryan’s Daughter survived a troubled year-long shoot and bad reviews, and was a hit. It won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor (John Mills) and Best Cinematography (Freddie […]

Mar, 11

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