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Miami Blues **** (1990, Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh) – Classic Movie Review 9752

Writer-director George Armitage’s 1990 neo noir thriller Miami Blues stars Fred Ward as jaded Miami cop Sgt. Hoke Moseley, who is on the trail of extremely nasty ex-con Frederick J ‘Fred’ Frenger Jr (Alec Baldwin), […]

May, 11

Whore *** (1991, Theresa Russell, Benjamin Mouton, Antonio Fargas) – Classic Movie Review 9582

‘The oldest swinger in town’, Ken Russell, is back to shock us again with his 1991 film Whore, an adaptation of a play by David Hines about a day in the life of a hooker. […]

Apr, 01

Last Exit to Brooklyn **** (1989, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Lang, Burt Young) – Classic Movie Review 9409

It has been left to the Germans to make a film version of Hubert Selby Jr’s harrowing, controversial novel Last Exit to Brooklyn, banned following a private prosecution in July 1966, after its publication in […]

Feb, 22

Stroszek *** (1977, Bruno S, Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz) – Classic Movie Review 9262

Writer/ producer/ director Werner Herzog’s offbeat 1977 comedy drama of cultural dislocation Stroszek has alcoholic ex-con Bruno Stroszek (Bruno S) moving from Berlin with his elderly eccentric neighbour friend Scheitz (Clemens Scheitz) and down on […]

Jan, 15

The World of Suzie Wong ** (1960, William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms) – Classic Movie Review 9254

Director Richard Quine’s 1960 romantic drama The World of Suzie Wong stars Nancy Kwan as the alluring Hong Kong prostitute Suzie Wong, who is hired as a model by émigré American businessman turned artist Robert […]

Jan, 12

The World’s Greatest Lover *** (1977, Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise) – Classic Movie Review 9230

Writer-producer-director-star Gene Wilder goes every which way for laughs in his 1977 Twenties Hollywood send-up The World’s Greatest Lover – and raises quite a high score of them. He plays Milwaukee baker Rudy Hickman who […]

Jan, 06

Of Human Bondage * (1964, Laurence Harvey, Kim Novak, Nanette Newman, Roger Livesey, Jack Hedley, Robert Morley) – Classic Movie Review 9156

Henry Hathaway began the direction, and the film’s screen-writer Bryan Forbes took over for one week (uncredited), and then Ken Hughes took over as rescue to finish the shooting of the 1964 third film version […]

Dec, 14

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