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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? *** (1970, Tony Curtis, Brian Keith, Ernest Borgnine, Don Ameche) – Classic Movie Review 10,770

If you like the wacky Sixties title Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?, you might like director Hy Averback’s uneven and unwieldy 1970  army satire about a trio of US tank buddies (Tony […]

Jan, 09

Sea of Sand [Desert Patrol] **** (1958, Richard Attenborough, John Gregson, Michael Craig) – Classic Movie Review 9381

Director Guy Green’s 1958 British war film Sea of Sand [Desert Patrol] is better than average war fare, using the sandy wastes of North Africa as an endless backdrop for a tale set during the North African […]

Feb, 14

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold * (1966, Mike Henry, David Opatoshu, Manuel Padilla Jr, Nancy Kovack) – Classic Movie Review 8075

Mike Henry takes over from Jock Mahoney as the 14th Tarzan, who returns to the jungle to fight with a gun instead of his fists, in Robert Day’s late entry in the series, the below-par […]

Jan, 30

Rotten to the Core ** (1965, Anton Rodgers, Charlotte Rampling, Eric Sykes, Kenneth Griffith, Dudley Sutton, James Beckett) – Classic Movie Review 7584

The 1965 British comedy Rotten to the Core (aka Rotten to the Corps) is amusing enough, with some good laughs, though it is essentially an ordinary, old-fashioned heist-thriller comedy from the Boulting Bothers, greatly helped […]

Sep, 17

The Intruder ** (1953, Jack Hawkins, George Cole, Dennis Price, Michael Medwin, Hugh Williams, Susan Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 7314

Director Guy Hamilton’s desperately dated 1953 post-Second World War British noir angst drama The Intruder stars Jack Hawkins as wartime officer Colonel Wolf Merton, now a stockbroker, who catches one of his brave wartime tank […]

Jul, 20

Tank Girl *** (1995, Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Malcolm McDowell) – Classic Movie Review 6540

Director Rachel Talalay’s likeable 1995 sci-ft action comedy fantasy feature is a funky, quirky cult film with plenty of attitude. Lori Petty invigorates an in-your-face version of the British comic strip as futuristic heroine Rebecca […]

Jan, 09

Tank ** (1984, James Garner, Shirley Jones, C Thomas Howell) – Classic Movie Review 6539

Director Marvin J Chomsky’s old-style 1984 action comedy drama provides a good role for James Garner but unfortunately not a very good film. When his innocent son William ‘Billy’ Carey (C Thomas Howell) is put […]

Jan, 09

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