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St Martin’s Lane [Sidewalks of London] **** (1938, Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison) – Classic Movie Review 8761

Director Tim Whelan’s delightfully quaint 1938 British black and white showbiz fairy tale film St Martin’s Lane [Sidewalks of London] stars Charles Laughton as an ageing street entertainer (or busker) called Charles Staggers, scraping a […]

Jul, 26

Theatre of Death [Blood Fiend] *** (1966, Christopher Lee, Julian Glover, Lelia Goldoni) – Classic Movie Review 8570

Director Samuel Gallu’s 1966 British horror movie Theatre of Death [Blood Fiend] stars Christopher Lee as Philippe Darvas, a supercilious director of Grand Guignol horror plays at The Theatre of Death in Paris, and he […]

Jun, 09
All Is True *** (2018, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen) – Movie Review

All Is True *** (2018, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen) – Movie Review

Director Kenneth Branagh’s All Is True (2018) is a thoroughly enjoyable, bitter-sweet look the troubled final days of William Shakespeare. It is a good, honourable, solid, old-fashioned film – the kind the Brits ought to […]

Feb, 04

99 River Street **** (1953, John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter) – Classic Movie Review 7555

Cult director Phil Karlson’s excellent little-known 1953 film noir crime melodrama 99 River Street is a satisfying walk on the wild side that keeps up a cracking pace from start to finish, with Franz Planer’s […]

Sep, 10

Stavisky… *** (1974, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer) – Classic Movie Review 7418

Director Alain Resnais’s arty 1974 film Stavisky looks great and there is good playing all round from a strong cast, with the stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Charles Boyer well used. But it is more successful […]

Aug, 08

A-Haunting We Will Go *** (1942, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dante, Elisha Cook Jr) – Classic Movie Review 7361

Director Alfred Werker’s 1942 20th Century Fox black and white comedy A-Haunting We Will Go stars the essential Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as Stan and Ollie, who are conned by a group of swindling crooks (including […]

Jul, 28

The Passionate Friends **** (1949, Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, Claude Rains, Betty Ann Davies, Isabel Dean) – Classic Movie Review 7087

David Lean’s 1949 film The Passionate Friends is an underrated Brief Encounter-style romantic drama about a woman (Ann Todd) caught between two men – her husband (Claude Rains) and her first love (Trevor Howard). Director […]

May, 22

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