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Dodge City **** (1939, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, (Bruce Cabot, Victor Jory, Douglas Fowley) – Classic Movie Review 4725

Director Michael Curtiz’s archetypal action-packed 1939 Western pairs Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland again for the fifth of their nine movies together. In his first Western, Flynn (who thought that he was miscast in […]

Nov, 30

Walking Tall ***½ (1973, Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Gene Evans, Noah Beery Jnr, Rosemary Murphy, Leif Garrett, Lurene Tuttle, Dawn Lyn) – Classic Movie Review 4708

Quintessential tough-guy Joe Don Baker gets one of his best roles and gives a sterling performance as real-life Southern sheriff Buford Pusser, who scarily carries a baseball bat and takes the law into his own […]

Nov, 27

Halloween II [Halloween 2] ** (1981, Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Dick Warlock, Jeffrey Kramer, Lance Guest) – Classic Movie Review 4240

The Halloween killer again terrorises the feisty Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in the hospital where she has been taken immediately after part one, Halloween (1978). Director Rick Rosenthal’s 1981 horror movie gets more mileage from the […]

Aug, 26

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 * (1983, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams, Mike Henry, Pat McCormick) – Classic Movie Review 4167

Director Dick Lowry’s feeble 1983 action comedy brings Smokey back, but beaming original star Burt Reynolds gives this one a miss (except for a quick cameo as ‘The Real Bandit’) while his buddy Cletus (Jerry […]

Aug, 13

Smokey and the Bandit **** (1977, Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick) – Classic Movie Review 4166

Director Hal Needham’s tremendous 1977 action comedy Smokey and the Bandit stars Burt Reynolds in one of his most famous and popular iconic roles as the Bandit, who tries to outrun cop Smokey on the […]

Aug, 13

True Grit *** (2010, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Domhnall Gleeson) – Classic Movie Review 3970

The 2010 remake of True Grit (1969) is a very decent, old-fashioned Western with strong, rock-solid performances. But, with its thin, slim-feeling story and relatively low impact, it is a slight disappointment from directors Ethan Coen and […]

Jul, 04

The Chase ***½ (1966, Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E G Marshall, James Fox, Angie Dickinson, Janice Rule, Robert Duvall, Miriam Hopkins) – Classic Movie Review 3929

Director Arthur Penn’s sultry and steamy 1966 Texas small-town melodrama The Chase finds both the personal passions on screen and the clutch of finest Sixties movie stars interpreting those passions all over the place. Because […]

Jun, 28

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