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The Innocent * (1993, Anthony Hopkins, Isabella Rossellini, Campbell Scott) – Classic Movie Review 11,931

Director John Schlesinger’s 1993 German/ UK co-production drama film The Innocent has a good cast and an interesting story to tell, but it is a fumbled Cold War thriller with an unconvincing screenplay by Ian […]

Feb, 14

Laputa: Castle in the Sky [Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta] ***** (1986, Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui) – Classic Movie Review 10,967

Writer-director Hayao Miyazaki’s 1986 Studio Ghibli classic Laputa: Castle in the Sky [Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta] is a beautifully designed, excitingly handled and enthrallingly written Japanese animated adventure with a mythical yarn about a young […]

Feb, 26

We Were Strangers *** (1949, Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz, Ramon Novarro, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 9961

Director John Huston’s 1949 We Were Strangers stars John Garfield as Tony Fenner, who helps a 1930s Cuba plot to overthrow the tyrannical and despotic government of President Machado by blowing up a cemetery at […]

Jun, 26

Scene of the Crime [Ladykiller] ** (1996, Ben Gazzara, Alex McArthur, Stephen Davies) – Classic Movie Review 9942

Ben Gazzara is excellent in director Terence H Winkless’s contrived, dark-toned but taut and highly watchable 1996 psychological thriller, Scene of the Crime [Ladykiller]. Despite being under investigation for a blunder that resulted in his […]

Jun, 20

Dreams [Yume] **** (1990, Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baishô, Toshie Negishi) – Classic Movie Review 6427

The great Japanese writer-director Akira Kurosawa’s fascinating 1990 fantasy drama film is deeply personal work from the maestro, then aged 80, based on his actual dreams. It was Golden Globe nominated as Best Foreign Language […]

Dec, 18

The Deadly Mantis * (1957, Craig Stevens, Alix Talton, William Hopper) – Classic Movie Review 3918

Yes, it’s a hilariously feeble monster insect woken up by an earthquake at the North Pole. Director Nathan Juran’s amusingly feeble 1957 Universal-International sci-fi horror film monster movie The Deadly Mantis stars Craig Stevens as […]

Jul, 02

Body Double *** (1984, Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry) – Classic Movie Review 2931

Co-writer/producer/director Brian De Palma’s 1984 soft-core Alfred Hitchcock-style crime mystery suspense thriller focuses on a resting actor called Jake Scully (Craig Wasson), just dumped from a grotty horror movie, who then comes home to find […]

Sep, 29

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