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The Trojan Women ** (1971, Katharine Hepburn, Geneviève Bujold, Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Papas) – Classic Movie Review 11,273
Writer/ producer/ director Michael Cacoyannis’s 1971 drama The Trojan Women stars the formidable quartet of women, Katharine Hepburn, Geneviève Bujold, Vanessa Redgrave and Irene Papas. Top quality acting from the four remarkable actresses lifts a […]
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman ***** (1974, Cicely Tyson, Michael Murphy, Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Odetta) – Classic Movie Review 10,860
Director John Korty’s triumphant 1974 TV movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, based on the novel by Ernest J Gaines, is classic television. Cicely Tyson stars in the lead role as Jane Pittman, along […]
The Brother from Another Planet *** (1984, Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Rosanna Carter) – Classic Movie Review 10,396
Writer-director John Sayles’s entertaining, satirical 1984 sci-fi comedy The Brother from Another Planet is about a mute alien extra-terrestrial brother (Joe Morton) from another planet who arrives in Harlem, where he impresses the community and […]
Ashanti (1979, Michael Caine, Beverly Johnson, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Omar Sharif, Rex Harrison, William Holden) – Classic Movie Review 9547
Michael Caine’s career was in deepest doldrums with The Swarm, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure and then director Richard Fleischer’s terrible 1979 adventure drama Ashanti, in which he plays English born Dr David Linderby, a member […]
The Hero of Babylon [L’eroe di Babilonia] ** (1963, Gordon Scott, Moira Orfei, Geneviève Grad, Piero Lulli, Andrea Scotti) – Classic Movie Review 9091
‘Slave girls sacrificed at the whim of a ruthless king!’ Director Siro Marcellini’s 1963 sword and sandal (peplum) adventure The Hero of Babylon [L’eroe di Babilonia] [Goliath, King of Slaves] [The Beast of Babylon Against […]
Mandingo *** (1975, James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Richard Ward, Brenda Sykes, Ken Norton) – Classic Movie Review 8588
James Mason is surprisingly cast and equally surprisingly successful as Warren Maxwell, a rotten, racist Southern plantation owner, in director Richard Fleischer’s steamy and provocative 1840s-set Louisiana melodrama Mandingo from 1975. Maxwell arranges a marriage […]
Chu Chin Chow **** (1934, George Robey, Fritz Kortner, Anna May Wong, John Garrick, Pearl Argyle) – Classic Movie Review 8289
Director Walter Forde’s exuberantly entertaining 1934 British action adventure comedy musical Chu Chin Chow, a musical retelling of the Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves Arabian Nights tale, can still provide a lot of antique […]