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Wish You Were Here *** (1987, Emily Lloyd, Trudi Cavanagh, Clare Clifford, Tom Bell, Barbara Durkin) – Classic Movie Review 7,036

Debut director David Leland, who also wrote Terry Jones’s 1987 film Personal Services, grabs more mileage the same year from the real-life story of Streatham brothel keeper Cynthia Payne in Wish You Were Here. Début […]

May, 11

Paradise, Hawaiian Style * (1966, Elvis Presley, Suzanna Leigh, James Shigeta, Irene Tsu, Donna Butterworth, Marianna Hill) – Classic Movie Review 6854

Elvis Presley stars as Rick Richards, a civil helicopter pilot who plans to start a charter flying service in Hawaii and plays the field romantically, and Suzanna Leigh co-stars forlornly as his main love interest, […]

Mar, 25

Above Us the Waves *** (1955, John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice, Michael Medwin) – Classic Movie Review 6641

Director Ralph Thomas’s earnest and effective 1955 British World War Two wartime drama focuses on a brave band of British sailors (led by John Mills as commander Fraser, James Robertson Justice as admiral Ryder and John […]

Feb, 02

Lili Marleen *** (1981, Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer) – Classic Movie Review 6186

Co-writer/ director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s intriguing and stylish looking 1981 German film surprisingly overflows with sentiment and self-importance, and lacks the satiric bite and critical awareness of his best work. However, in other ways it […]

Nov, 04

Yellow Submarine ***** (1968, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) – Classic Movie Review 6153

Director George Dunning’s stupendous 1968 animated feature Yellow Submarine is a hugely enjoyable psychedelic cartoon film of The Beatles’ surreal journey with Captain Fred and his Yellow Submarine to save Pepperland from the music-hating Blue […]

Oct, 29

Young at Heart **** (1954, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Ethel Barrymore, Gig Young, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith, Elizabeth Fraser, Alan Hale Jr) – Classic Movie Review 6083

‘Fairy tales can come true, it could happen to you…’ Sinatra stars as songwriter Barney Sloan, who romances New England maiden Laurie Tuttle (Doris Day), in director Gordon Douglas’s highly appealing, attractive 1954 musical remake […]

Oct, 11

Jesus Christ Superstar *** (1973, Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Bob Bingham, Josh Mostel) – Classic Movie Review 5676

Director Norman Jewison’s greatly maligned 1973 movie of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical – or rock opera as there are no spoken lines and everything is sung – is valuable as an impressive attempt […]

Jun, 27

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