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3:10 to Yuma **** (2007, Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster, Dallas Roberts, Alan Tudyk, Vinessa Shaw, Logan Lerman) – Classic Movie Review 3908

Russell Crowe and Christian Bale star in director James Mangold’s strong, gritty, film noir-style 2007 Western, a commendable remake of the 1957 3:10 to Yuma, based on Elmore Leonard’s  short story . A well-cast Crowe and Bale give […]

Jun, 25

3:10 to Yuma ****½ (1957, Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Richard Jaeckel) Classic Movie Review 3907

Delmer Daves’s 1957 classic film 3:10 to Yuma is a suspenseful, masterly Fifties Western of the High Noon school, with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin ideally cast. Based on a 1953 short story by Elmore […]

Jun, 25

The Conspirators ***½ (1944, Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, Joseph Calleia) – Classic Movie Review 3884

Warner Bros reassembles three of Casablanca’s stars in the 1944 film The Conspirators. Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre play World War Two resistance workers plotting in Lisbon with a Dutch freedom fighter (Paul Henreid). In […]

Jun, 19

Clockwork Mice ** (1995, Ian Hart, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Art Malik, John Alderton, James Bolam) – Classic Movie Review 3788

This 1995 British effort is an old-style heart-warming school drama with Ian Hart as Steve, an idealistic new special needs education teacher at a school for deprived and struggling kids. For a while, Clockwork Mice is enjoyable enough […]

May, 30

Clockwise **** (1986, John Cleese, Alison Steadman, Geoffrey Palmer, Penelope Wilton) – Classic Movie Review 3787

John Cleese is on top manic form as a pompous British headmaster with a punctuality problem and anger management issues, in the funny 1986 British farce Clockwise, with an exceptional Brit cast including Alison Steadman, […]

May, 30

Horror Express *** (1972, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas, Alberto de Mendoza, Helga Liné, Silvia Tortosa ) – Classic Movie Review 3778

Director Eugenio [Gene] Martin’s Spanish-British 1972 thriller is an enjoyable express ride down the track of terror, in a tale jam packed with enough incidents for half a dozen regular horror films. Christopher Lee stars as […]

May, 28

I Love Trouble ** (1994, Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte) – Classic Movie Review 3694

Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte star as Chicago newspaper reporter rivals Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett, who, instead of competing, reluctantly link up after a suspicious train crash to investigate the mystery. Co-writer/director Charles Shyer’s […]

May, 10

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