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The Girl He Left Behind ***(1956, Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Jessie Royce Landis, Jim Backus, Henry Jones, Murray Hamilton, Alan King, James Garner, David Janssen) – Classic Movie Review 8131

Director David Butler’s 1956 The Girl He Left Behind is an over-familiar but pleasant and mildly amusing Fifties services comedy drama, with Tab Hunter as college student Andy Shaeffer, a military draftee knocked into shape […]

Feb, 14

Duel of the Titans [Romolo e Remo] ** (1961, Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Virna Lisi, Jacques Sernas, Massimo Girotti, Arnelia Vanoni, Franco Volpi, Laura Solari) – Classic Movie Review 8049

Director Sergio Corbucci’s 1961 dubbed Italian costume adventure Duel of the Titans [Romolo e Remo] features two grand musclemen for the price of one as screen hunks Steve Reeves and Gordon Scott appear as Romulus […]

Jan, 22

They Shall Not Grow Old **** (2018, director Peter Jackson) – Movie Review

Director Peter Jackson’s magnificent and beautiful World War One documentary They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) is uniquely informative, evocative, moving and heart-rending, as well as a brilliant technical achievement in its incredible 3D colour […]

Jan, 10

The Beast in the Cellar *** (1971, Beryl Reid, Flora Robson, Tessa Wyatt, John Hamill, T P McKenna, Dafydd Harvard, Vernon Dobtcheff) – Classic Movie Review 7855

Writer-director James Kelley’s 1971 British horror movie The Beast in the Cellar stars the formidable team of Flora Robson and Beryl Reid as Joyce and Ellie Ballantyne, a couple of dear old spinsters who have […]

Nov, 30

Back Door to Hell ** (1964, Jimmie Rodgers, Jack Nicholson, John Hackett) – Classic Movie Review 7847

The 1964 black and white movie Back Door to Hell is a youthful partnership of director Monte Hellman and star Jack Nicholson in a war film about a World War Two Philippines reconnaissance mission by […]

Nov, 27

We’re Not Married! *** (1952, Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, Victor Moore, Paul Douglas, Eve Arden, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Louis Calhern, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mitzi Gaynor, Eddie Bracken) – Classic Movie Review 7605

Director Edmund Goulding’s 1952 We’re Not Married! is an entertaining and enjoyable film made up of separate stories about five wedded couples from Gina Kaus and Jay Dratler’s well assorted stories, varying from funny to touching, with […]

Sep, 20

Germany Year Zero [Germania Anno Zero] ***** (1948, Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger, Erich Gühne) – Classic Movie Review 7541

Director Roberto Rossellini’s 1947 Italian neo-realist masterpiece classic drama Germany Year Zero [Germania Anno Zero] is a horrific portrait of Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War, as experienced by a 12-year-old lad (Edmund […]

Sep, 04

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