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- Bones and Names [Knochen und Namen] *** (2023, Fabian Stumm in his feature directorial debut, starring himself along with Knut Berger, Marie-Lou Sellem, Susie Meyer) – Classic Movie Review 13,267
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- Five Golden Dragons * (1967, Robert Cummings, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Margaret Lee, Klaus Kinski, Brian Donlevy, Dan Duryea, George Raft) – Classic Movie Review 13,265
- The Inspector General *** (1949, Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart) – Classic Movie Review 13,264
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Posts Tagged "remake"
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The Scarlet Pimpernel *** (1982, Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen) – Classic Movie Review 3376
‘They seek him here. They seek him there. Those Frenchies seek him here everywhere. Is he in heaven or is he in hell? That damned elusive Pimpernel.’ Director Clive Donner’s 1982 Eighties British TV movie version of […]
Night and the City ***½ (1992, Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Cliff Gorman, Alan King, Jack Warden, Eli Wallach, Barry Primus) – Classic Movie Review 3372
Robert De Niro plays Harry Fabian, a cheating, fast-talking New York lawyer embroiled in shady boxing promotions, in Irwin Winkler’s classy 1992 updated remake of Jules Dassin’s 1950 film noir Night and the City. Robert […]
Kid Galahad *** (1962, Elvis Presley, Charles Bronson, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman) – Classic Movie Review 3369
Director Phil Karlson’s 1962 movie Kid Galahad is the Elvis Presley musical remake of director Michael Curtiz’s famous 1937 prize-fighter movie Kid Galahad, in which Edward G Robinson gives a knockout turn as the promoter […]
A Bigger Splash ***½ (2015, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tilda Swinton) – Movie Review
Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts and Tilda Swinton have a grand time in director Luca Guadagnino’s intriguing, tantalising mystery drama puzzle. It’s both arty and full on, with the talented starry quartet up for it, […]
Point Break ** (2015, Edgar Ramirez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone, Delroy Lindo, Teresa Palmer) – Movie Review
‘Everyone needs stories,’ says Luke Bracey. ‘Everyone needs to escape every once in a while.’ Well, yes, but is this the story that everyone needs? Everyone seemed to like it the first time Point Break (1991) when […]
The Sword of Ali Baba ** (1965, Peter Mann, Jocelyn Lane, Frank McGrath, Gavin MacLeod, Frank Puglia, Peter Whitney) – Classic Movie Review 3206
‘Thrill With Ali Baba and His Forty Thieves’ Universal Pictures studio remakes its 1944 hit Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, reusing much of its footage. It’s a low-budget, old-style adventure without the un-self-conscious, self-confident […]
Walk, Don’t Run *** (1966, Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton) – Classic Movie Review 3071
Cary Grant bows out from the movies on a sweet but minor note at the age of 62. His final screen role in 1966 is a lightweight but pleasant remake of the 1943 comedy The […]