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You Can’t Win ‘Em All ** (1970, Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Michèle Mercier, Patrick Magee) – Classic Movie Review 8650

Unlikely co-stars Tony Curtis and Charles Bronson enjoy their roles and their repartee as joking ex-US Army mercenary sparring partners Adam Dyer and Josh Corey, hired by (Grégoire Aslan), in embattled Turkey in the civil […]

Jun, 28

Yanks **** (1979, Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane) – Classic Movie Review 8648

Director John Schlesinger’s 1979 wartime romantic drama Yanks is strongly cast, well acted, attractively written by Colin Welland (story and screenplay) and Walter Bernstein (screenplay), and handsomely produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky. Schlesinger’s romantic […]

Jun, 28

The Last Grenade ** (1970, Stanley Baker, Alex Cord, Honor Blackman, Richard Attenborough, Rafer Johnson, John Thaw, Andrew Keir, Julian Glover, Ray Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 8502

Director Gordon Flemyng’s 1970 British war film The Last Grenade is a one-dimensional, brutal movie about the fatal conflict between two ex-buddy soldiers of fortune, Major Harry Grigsby (Stanley Baker) and turncoat Kip Thompson (Alex Cord), […]

May, 27

Universal Soldier *** (1992, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker) – Classic Movie Review 8487

Director Roland Emmerich’s 1992 action sci-fi thriller Universal Soldier proved a good-sized hit for him and his exciting action stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. It cost $23,000,000, and grossed $36,299,898, with a cumulative […]

May, 20

Cross of Iron **** (1977, James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner) – Classic Movie Review 8358

Director Sam Peckinpah’s distinguished 1977 war film Cross of Iron is a tough and compelling dissection of the German military mind, seen through the eyes of four men in bloody battle against Russia in 1943. […]

Apr, 12

Friendly Persuasion **** (1956, Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Marjorie Main) – Classic Movie Review 8275

Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire (as the family’s parents) head the worthy cast of director William Wyler’s friendly 1956 movie tale of the Quaker Birdwell family’s hardships in Southern Indiana in 1862 during the American […]

Mar, 20

How I Won the War *** (1967, Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Jack MacGowran, Michael Hordern) – Classic Movie Review 8220

Director Richard Lester’s iconic 1967 British comedy How I Won the War is a frenzied and frantic send-up of war movies, working from a surreal script by Charles Wood, based on Patrick Ryan’s novel. It […]

Mar, 09

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