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The Naked and the Dead *** (1958, Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey, William Campbell, Richard Jaeckel, James Best, Joey Bishop) – Classic Movie Review 6514

Director Raoul Walsh’s 1958 filming of Norman Mailer’s famous bestselling novel is typically rugged and robust. The story is about a platoon of American soldiers in the Pacific during World Wat Two who are steadily […]

Jan, 02

Battle of the Bulge **** (1965, Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Ty Hardin, Charles Bronson) – Classic Movie Review 6,241

Ken Annakin’s truly epic 1965 World War Two wartime action film Battle of the Bulge is a sweeping, involving, often exciting battle movie. Robert Shaw stars in the real-life story about an ace commanding Panzer […]

Nov, 13

The Raggedy Rawney *** (1987, Bob Hoskins, Dexter Fletcher, Zoë Nathenson, Zoë Wanamaker) – Classic Movie Review 5466

Co-writer/ director Bob Hoskins directs and stars in this 1987 British anti-war film, set in a European country in the midst of a bloody war. It features Dexter Fletcher as an androgynous young soldier called […]

May, 16

Hunt for the Wilderpeople **** (2016, Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata) – Movie Review

Julian Dennison and Sam Neill have great rapport as a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush, prompting a national manhunt. Defiant young city kid Ricky Baker and cantankerous […]

Oct, 17

Patton ***** (1970, George C Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, Karl Michael Vogler, Stephen Young) – Classic Movie Review 3515

Franklin J Schaffner’s realistic epic 1970 war biopic stars the great George Scott, who won the 1971 Best Actor Oscar for his lusty portrait of the gung-ho World War Two wartime American renegade general and famous […]

Apr, 02

Sahara **** (1943, Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, Dan Duryea, Richard Nugent, Louis Mercier, Lloyd Bridges, Rex Ingram, J Carrol Naish) – Classic Movie Review 3197

Humphrey Bogart stars in director Zoltan Korda’s sterling 1943 wartime thriller Sahara as an American tank commander called Sergeant Joe Gunn in Libya during the Western Desert Campaign of World War Two. Separated from their […]

Dec, 30

Fury **** (2014, Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman) – Movie Review

Brad Pitt stars as battle-hardened American army sergeant named Wardaddy, who commands a Sherman tank called Fury and her five-man crew. They set out on a do-or-die mission to wipe out as many German SS […]

Oct, 22

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