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The River Wild *** (1994, Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C Reilly, Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Mazzello) – Classic Movie Review 3243
Director Curtis Hanson’s exciting 1994 action adventure crime thriller is a posh-end item, with a classy cast. Dennis O’Neill’s screenplay might spend time providing atmosphere, building character and developing dialogue, but it delivers all the tension and thrills […]
The River **** (1951, Esmond Knight, Nora Swinburne, Adrienne Corri, Patricia Walters, Thomas E Breen) – Classic Movie Review 3245
French master director Jean Renoir turns Rumer Godden’s romantic auto-biographical novel about an English family on the banks of the Ganges into this beautifully filmed (on location in Bengal in India), rich and compelling 1951 drama. The […]
The River **** (1984, Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek) – Classic Movie Review 3242
Director Mark Rydell’s affecting 1984 drama is a classy movie, not least for the superb cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond and music of John Williams, but also for the marvellous, moving star performances of Mel Gibson […]
Show Boat ***** (1936, Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Charles Winninger, Hattie McDaniel) – Classic Movie Review 3044
Director James Whale’s 1936 movie is the superb second version of the classic Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical, based on Edna Ferber’s novel about the lives and loves of Mississippi river folk at the turn-of-the-last-century. […]
Steamboat Bill Jr ***** (1928, Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron) – Classic Movie Review 2879
Director Charles F Reisner’s 1928 comedy is the last great Buster Keaton silent movie. It takes its place along with The General (1926) at the peak of his creativity. All involved in the film agreed that he […]
House by the River *** (1950, Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman) – Classic Movie Review 2806
Fritz Lang directs this tense, moody, intriguing and atmospheric 1950 film noir thriller based on the A P Herbert source novel’s story of death, betrayal and obsession. Louis Hayward stars as deranged, unsuccessful author Stephen […]
River of No Return **** (1954, Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig) – Classic Movie Review 2546
Otto Preminger’s popular and enjoyable 1954 classic Western film River of No Return has the huge advantage of starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe, who strike quite a few sparks. Director Otto Preminger’s popular and […]