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The Lost People * (1949, Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough, Siobhan McKenna, Maxwell Reed, William Hartnell) – Classic Movie Review 11,679

Directors Bernard Knowles and Muriel Box’s 1949 British drama film The Lost People stars with a vintage cast of Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough, Siobhan McKenna, Maxwell Reed and William Hartnell. But Bridget Boland’s […]

Oct, 26

Happy End **** (2017, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Toby Jones, Fantine Harduin) – Movie Review

What’s wrong with Michael Haneke? Why is he so miserable? Or, if you’re a fan, what’s right with Michael Haneke? And, I suppose this film is both uber-miserable and just right. It may win a […]

Oct, 08

The Pirates of Blood River *** (1962, Christopher Lee, Kerwin Mathews, Peter Arne, Oliver Reed, Michael Ripper, Andrew Keir, Glenn Corbett) – Classic Movie Review 3280

In co-writer/director John Gilling’s 1962 high adventure yarn The Pirates of Blood River, pirates attack the French Huguenots for their gold. The movie stars Kerwin Mathews as the dashing Huguenot hero Jonathon Standing battling the […]

Jan, 18

The Secret Agent ** (1996, Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Christian Bale) – Classic Movie Review 1550

Writer-director Christopher Hampton’s 1996 new version of the 1907 Joseph Conrad classic novel is only interesting as an honourable failure and to compare it with the book and Alfred Hitchcock’s vintage version of it under […]

Aug, 16

Tears of the Sun (2003, Bruce Willis) – Classic Film Review 962

  Director Antoine Fuqua’s 2003 serious-minded action thriller finds Bruce Willis on good form as a gung-ho US Navy SEAL lieutenant in Africa. But he finds that ‘God has already left Africa’ when he leads […]

Mar, 24

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