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Five Miles to Midnight [Le couteau dans la plaie] ** (1962, Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young) – Classic Movie Review 11,541

Anatole Litvak’s flashy, slickly shot 1962 thriller film Five Miles to Midnight stars alluring Sophia Loren and Anthony Perkins at the height of their fame. Director Anatole Litvak’s 1962 Franco-Italian international co-production drama film Five Miles to Midnight […]

Sep, 01

The Mountain Between Us ** (2017, Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Beau Bridges, Dermot Mulroney) – Movie Review

Director Hany Abu-Assad’s relentlessly old-fashioned mix of survival movie and romantic drama The Mountain Between Us limps along enjoyably enough, though without much conviction or credibility. It has some tense, exciting scenes, but it also […]

Nov, 03

Heaven’s Prisoners *** (1995, Alec Baldwin, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kelly Lynch, Teri Hatcher, Eric Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 5436

Alec Baldwin showcases his hardened neo-Bogart tough-guy turn again to much advantage as director Phil Joanou turns up the heat on this tough-edged, hardboiled 1995 thriller. Baldwin plays Dave Robicheaux, the drink-addicted ex-New Orleans cop […]

May, 12

Sweet Dreams **** (1985, Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth) – Classic Movie Review 5181

Jessica Lange gives one of her best performances as Fifties country singer Patsy Cline in the extremely well-acted, superior biopic Sweet Dreams (1985). Director Karel Reisz’s 1985 biopic Sweet Dreams stars the highly estimable Jessica […]

Mar, 20

The Mountain **½ (1956, Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Claire Trevor, William Demarest, E G Marshall, Richard Arlen) Classic Movie Review 3398

Talented producer-director Edward Dmytryk’s high-climbing 1956 drama provides more evidence that mountain movies are fiendishly tricky to do, as they higher they climb the farther they fall. Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner play brothers Zachary […]

Feb, 22

The Falcon in Danger *** (1943, Tom Conway, Cliff Clark, Edward Gargan, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard, Amelita Ward) – Classic Movie Review 3211

Tom Conway stars again as Michael Arlen’s débonair detective The Falcon (aka Tom Lawrence) in director William Clemens’s 1943 mystery thriller, in which he this time investigates a plane crash that has no victims because […]

Jan, 02

The Great Lie **** (1941, Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 2736

Director Edmund Goulding’s polished 1941 drama The Great Lie is another of the outstanding movies from the prime of Bette Davis, then reigning queen of the Warner Bros studio. The Great Lie is a great […]

Jul, 24

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