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Creature from the Black Lagoon **** (1954, Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Whit Bissell) – Classic Movie Review 1930

Universal Studios’ 1954 film Creature from the Black Lagoon is an endearing monster movie, featuring the rubber-costumed Gill Man (Ricou Browning in the water and Ben Chapman on dry land), a prehistoric beast fascinated by […]

Dec, 07

Agent Cody Banks *** (2003, Frankie Muniz, Ian McShane, Arnold Vosloo, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon, Martin Donovan, Cynthia Stevenson, Daniel Roebuck, Keith David) – Classic Movie Review 1916

Director Harald Zwart’s 2003 teen comedy is a pleasant vehicle for TV’s Malcolm in the Middle’s Frankie Muniz , who stars as a spy kid CIA agent hired by a slinky sexpot (Angie Harmon) to […]

Dec, 07

Lover Come Back *** (1961, Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall) – Classic Movie Review 1720

Director Delbert Mann’s delightfully breezy, glossy 1961 comedy of misunderstandings is the much hoped-for sequel to Doris Day and Rock Hudson’s 1959 hit Pillow Talk. Day plays a Madsion Avenue advertising executive who tries to […]

Sep, 29

Angels and Insects *** (1995, Mark Rylance, Patsy Kensit, Kristin Scott Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 1,702

Co-writer/director Philip Haas’s 1995 British drama, written with Belinda Haas, is an intriguing, involving and provocative oddity, based on A S Byatt’s intelligent 1992 novella Morpho Eugenia.  Co-writer/director Philip Haas’s 1995 British drama film, written […]

Sep, 22

The Mouse That Roared **** (1959, Peter Sellers, Leo McKern, David Kossoff) – Classic Movie Review 1646

Director Jack Arnold’s delightful, often hilarious British 1959 satirical comedy showcases three tailor-made roles for Peter Sellers – the dotty Grand Duchess Gloriana XII of Grand Fenwick, the peace-minded, resourceful general Tully Bascombe and the tricky […]

Sep, 07

Poison **** (1991, dir Todd Haynes) – Classic Movie Review 1528

Writer-director Todd Haynes’s remarkable 1991 movie is one of the three cornerstones of the early 90s aggressive New Queer Cinema movement, along with Tom Kalin’s Swoon (1992) and Gregg Araki’s The Living End (1992). Previously […]

Aug, 09

Deep Blue Sea *** (1999, Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Samuel L Jackson, Stellan Skarsgård) – Classic Movie Review 1456

Director Renny Harlin’s 1999 horror film Deep Blue Sea isn’t exactly a high-quality monster movie but it is thoroughly enjoyable none the less. Main star Saffron Burrows looks fit as the anti-heroine Dr Susan McAlester, […]

Jul, 20

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