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- Call Her Savage ** (1932, Clara Bow, Gilbert Roland, Monroe Owsley) – Classic Movie Review 13,262
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- Yossi *** (2012, Ohad Knoller, Oz Zehavi, Lior Ashkenazi) – Classic Movie Review 13,260
- The Return of the Whistler **½ (1948, Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert, Richard Lane) – Classic Movie Review 13,259
- Steamboat Round the Bend **** (1935, Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 13,258
- In Old Kentucky *** (1935, Will Rogers, Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, Dorothy Wilson, Russell Hardie, Louise Henry, Charles Sellon) – Classic Movie Review 13,257
- The Thirteenth Hour *** (1947, Richard Dix, Karen Morley, John Kellogg, Jim Bannon, Regis Toomey) – Classic Movie Review 13,256
- Guns of Darkness ** (1962, David Niven, Leslie Caron, James Robertson Justice, David Opatoshu) – Classic Movie Review 13,255
- Walk on Water **** (2004, Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters) – Classic Movie Review 13,254
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Shaft *** (2000, Samuel L Jackson, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Richard Roundtree, Jeffrey Wright, Vanessa L Williams, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes) – Classic Movie Review 4585
Samuel L Jackson proves that Shaft is still the man in this strong but worrying and not very likeable updated version of the classic Seventies thriller, Shaft (1971). Co-writer/ director John Singleton’s 2000 action movie sees […]
When a Stranger Calls ** (2006, Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty, Clark Gregg, Derek de Lint) – Classic Movie Review 4524
Though not outstanding, Camilla Belle makes a pretty, feisty heroine as Jill Johnson, a high-school student baby-sitter in peril in a chic isolated house when a mad homicidal stranger repeatedly calls and finally threatens the […]
The Pink Panther * (2006, Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Henry Czerny, Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Rees, Beyoncé Knowles) – Classic Movie Review 4521
The world’s most famous diamond has been snatched from the finger of a murder victim and only one man can solve the case. But Inspector Clouseau (Steve Martin) hasn’t a clue and he’ll crack everything […]
The Day the Earth Stood Still *** (2008, Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Jon Hamm, Kyle Chandler, Robert Knepper, James Hong) – Classic Movie Review 4519
Keanu Reeves stars as human-like alien Klaatu, originally played by Michael Rennie, in director Scott Derrickson’s tense, exciting and surprisingly good big-budget remake of the beloved 1951 sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Jennifer […]
Sorcerer ** (1977, Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri) – Classic Movie Review 4507
William Friedkin’s 1977 box-office flop American remake of the 1953 French classic thriller The Wages of Fear is an extravagant and sometimes impressive movie. Roy Scheider makes a useful hero, but Sorcerer is not a […]
The Magnificent Seven ** (2016, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Peter Sarsgaard, Haley Bennett) – Movie Review
Denzel Washington and Vincent D’Onofrio give outstandingly strong performances in director Antoine Fuqua’s sturdy and sometimes impressive remake of the classic 1960 Western, The Magnificent Seven. However, Peter Sarsgaard is a lot less convincing in […]
Tower of London ** (1962, Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman, Robert Brown) – Classic Movie Review 4439
Director Roger Corman’s typically cost-cutting and cheerful 1962 remake of the 1939 film Tower of London this time stars Vincent Price, who has a grand old time as Richard of Gloucester who kills those in […]