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The Devil-Ship Pirates *** (1964, Christopher Lee, John Cairney, Barry Warren, Ernest Clark, Andrew Keir, Michael Ripper, Duncan Lamont, Suzan Farmer, Natasha Pyne) – Classic Movie Review 3278

Christopher Lee stars in a good role for him as Spanish pirate ship’s captain Robeles, who suffers damage fighting on the side of the Spanish Armada and terrorises the English villagers at a small and […]

Jan, 18

The Falcon’s Brother **½ (1942, George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Keye Luke, Don Barclay, Cliff Clark) – Classic Movie Review 3209

A tale of two Falcons: with so much going on, there is never a dull moment in The Falcon’s Brother. Director Stanley Logan’s 1942 black and white B-movie thriller The Falcon’s Brother again stars George […]

Jan, 01

Sahara ** (2005, Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Lambert Wilson, William H Macy, Delroy Lindo, Rainn Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 3198

Propelled by two far-fetched plotlines (the warship, the plague), director Breck Eisner’s 2005 old-style high-adventure comedy action movie gets sillier by the minute. But the Moroccan-filmed scenery is breathtaking as filmed by cinematographer Seamus McGarvey […]

Dec, 30

In the Heart of the Sea ** (2015, Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Tom Holland, Benjamin Walker) – Movie Review

‘The tragedy of the Essex is the story of men. And a Demon.’ Ben Whishaw plays the author Herman Melville, who in the 1850s turns up at the home of Tom Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson), who […]

Dec, 16

A Night at the Opera ***** (1935, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, Allan Jones, Kitty Carlisle) – Classic Movie Review 3061

Otis B Driftwood: ‘It’s all right, that’s in every contract. That’s what they call a sanity clause.’ Fiorello: ‘You can’t fool me! There ain’t no Santay Claus!’ Director Sam Wood’s hilarious 1935 Marx Brothers comedy […]

Nov, 14

The Fog * (1980, Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Hal Holbrook, Tom Atkins, Nancy Loomis, Charles Cyphers) – Classic Movie Review 2969

Director John Carpenter, who had just done horror so brilliantly with Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and Halloween (1978), comes up with this feeble, daft and unconvincing 1980 spook chiller. In Carpenter’s screenplay, written with Debra Hill, […]

Oct, 10

Shall We Dance ***** (1937, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Harriet Hoctor, Jerome Cowan, Ketti Gallian, William Brisbane) – Classic Movie Review 2952

Director Mark Sandrich’s delicious vintage 1937 musical Shall We Dance once again pairs the perfect song and dance team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, who decide that indeed they shall dance. And this time […]

Oct, 04

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