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West of Zanzibar *** (1928, Lon Chaney Sr, Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Gadsdon, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter) – Classic Movie Review 12,379

Director Tod Browning’s 1928 American silent romantic adventure film West of Zanzibar stars Lon Chaney Sr as a vengeful stage magician who is paralysed in a brawl with a rival (Lionel Barrymore). Jacqueline Gadsdon, Mary […]

Jan, 03

Assassins ** (1995, Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore) – Classic Movie Review 8166

Director Richard Donner’s 1995 action thriller Assassins stars Sylvester Stallone, who offers a monolithic, by-the-numbers performance as a jaded contract killer hitman called Robert Rath who plans to retire after one last job. But soon […]

Feb, 23

Death Becomes Her *** (1992, Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Ogilvy) – Classic Movie Review 7995

The 1992 Death Becomes Her is an intriguing attempt at a black-comedy fantasy farce by Robert Zemeckis, the biggest money-spinning director of all time, who gives Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis the opportunity […]

Jan, 09

Red Ensign [Strike!] *** (1934, Leslie Banks, Carol Goodner, Frank Vosper, Alfred Drayton) – Classic Movie Review 7956

Esteemed British film-maker Michael Powell’s 1934 Red Ensign [US title: Strike!] is an intriguing early low-budget (£12,000) quota quickie from him. Even so, it was Powell’s 12th film in four years, and, humble though it is, it is […]

Dec, 29

Purple Rain *** (1984, Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day) – Classic Movie Review 3598

Co-writer/director Albert Magnoli’s 1984 Oscar-winning musical movie stars Prince, then 24 and making his first film. Prince won an Oscar, a Brit award for Best Soundtrack and a Grammy for Best Album of Instrumental Score Written for a […]

Apr, 22

Parrish *** (1961, Troy Donahue, Claudette Colbert, Karl Malden, Dean Jagger, Connie Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 3383

Writer-producer-director Delmer Daves, star Troy Donahue, composer Max Steiner and cinematographer Harry Stradling Sr all reunite after their 1959 success with A Summer Place for this new overwrought 1961 romantic drama, Parrish. The likeable and […]

Feb, 19

Zoolander 2 ** (2016, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig) – Movie Review

Yes it’s good to see Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson back on screen as Derek Zoolander and Hansel in the long-awaited sequel to the hilarious Zoolander (2001). It’s been 15 years since the original Zoolander and fashions change […]

Feb, 11

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