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The Frogmen *** (1951, Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 10,803

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1951 American black-and-white World War Two drama The Frogmen stars Richard Widmark as martinet US Navy lieutenant commander John Lawrence, who leads the WW2 wartime Underwater Demolition Team divers of the title, and wins the […]

Jan, 18

Adventure Island ** (1947, Rory Calhoun, Rhonda Fleming, Paul Kelly, John Abbott, Alan Napier) – Classic Movie Review 10,538

Director Sam Newfield’s 1947 lower-budget action film Adventure Island gives Rhonda Fleming her first leading role. Made by Pine-Thomas Productions for release by Paramount Pictures, it is shot in the two-color Cinecolor process (or ‘gorgeous […]

Nov, 14

When Time Ran Out… (1980, Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden) – Classic Movie Review 9800

Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden and Ernest Borgnine head an extraordinary cast all at a loss in director James Goldstone’s rotten 1980 disaster movie When Time Ran Out… about a volcano erupting on a […]

May, 21

Don’t Make Waves ** (1967, Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Sharon Tate, Robert Webber, Joanna Barnes, David Draper, Jim Backus, Mort Sahl, Edgar Bergen) – Classic Movie Review 6320

‘What the Italians do with a bed… the Americans do with a beach!’ This 1967 beach farce Don’t Make Waves sure looks good on paper. The director (Alexander Mackendrick) and star (Tony Curtis) of the 1957 […]

Nov, 26

Hell in the Pacific **** (1968, Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune) – Classic Movie Review 3459

Those great tough guys of different cultures Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune star as an American pilot and a Japanese naval officer called Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda, brought together by fate on a small uninhabited island […]

Mar, 07

Kon-Tiki **** (2012, Pål Sverre Hagen) – Movie Review

Directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg’s riveting real-life sea-faring tale is excitingly told, with a couple of twists at the end, one of them the thrilling big finish. This is the manly story of legendary famous Norwegian […]

Dec, 18

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