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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ***** (1949, John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar,Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jnr, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick) – Classic Movie Review 2348

Director John Ford is working at top level here in 1949 in this thrilling central episode of his US Cavalry trilogy with John Wayne, started with Fort Apache in 1948. Cinematographer Winton C Hoch won […]

Apr, 03

Casino Royale *** (1967, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Ursula Andress, John Huston, William Holden, Deborah Kerr) – Classic Movie Review 839

The original 1967 Casino Royale movie is a huge-scale, vastly costly James Bond spoof, starring David Niven as British secret agent Sir James Bond, who is called out of retirement after the death of M […]

Feb, 18

Grudge Match ** (2013, Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kim Basinger, Alan Arkin, Jon Bernthal, Kevin Hart) – Movie Review

Robert De Niro is 71 and Sylvester Stallone a mere stripling at 67. In any other business, they’d have been retired, but in the showbusiness they’re about the busiest folks around. Somehow, they’ve managed to keep […]

Jan, 22

Spy Game **** (2001, Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack) – Classic Movie Review 693

The most heroic golden boys of their generations, Robert Redford and Brad Pitt, obviously enjoyed working together when they first teamed when Redford starred Pitt in his 1992 fly-fishing movie, A River Runs Through It. […]

Jan, 17

About Schmidt **** (2002, Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates) – Classic Movie Review 457

Co-writer/director Alexander Payne’s 2002 wry comedy, loosely based on the 1996 novel by Louis Begley, focuses on the same late-life crisis situation and similar resolution through an unpredictable road trip that he explores so profitably again in […]

Nov, 27

Blade Runner ***** (1982, Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, M Emmet Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 40

Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner is the most spectacular slice of cinema sci-fi imaginable. M Emmet Walsh was inducted into the Character Actor Hall of Fame by his co-star Harrison Ford in 2018.  Based […]

Jul, 10

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