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Nevada Smith *** (1966, Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy, Suzanne Pleshette, Raf Vallone, Martin Landau) – Classic Movie Review 3,533

The robust 1966 Western prequel film Nevada Smith has the advantage of starring Steve McQueen in his prime, taking over Alan Ladd’s old role of Nevada Smith from the hit 1964 movie The Carpetbaggers based […]

Apr, 05

Sailor Beware *** (1952, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet, Marion Marshall, Robert Strauss, Leif Erickson, Skip Homeier, Vince Edwards, James Dean) – Classic Movie Review 3478

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are up to their old tricks, this time in navy larks as sailors in a submarine, in director Hal Walker’s 1952 remake of a 1942 Dorothy Lamour-William Holden musical The […]

Mar, 18

The Benefactor **½ (2015, Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning, Theo James) – Movie Review

Richard Gere looks as old as Methusalah as Franny, an eccentric, dope-smoking, stinking rich philanthropist who meddles in the lives of a newly-married young couple in an attempt to relive his past. Dakota Fanning and Theo […]

Feb, 24

Rapa Nui *** (1994, Jason Scott Lee, Sandrine Holt, Esai Morales) – Classic Movie Review 3000

Co-writer/director Kevin Reynolds’s 1994 adventure movie is a gorgeous looking but completely daft Easter Island saga, set in the 17th century Pacific. When two tribes go to war on Easter Island, Chile, a handsome young […]

Oct, 20

No Escape *** (2015, Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director John Erick Dowdle’s No Escape is an ultra-tense, exciting white-knuckle ride. Owen Wilson is great in a straight role as the distraught, demented dad determined not to die. Owen Wilson and Lake Bell star […]

Aug, 28

The Gift **** (2015, Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton) – Movie Review

Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall stars as youngish married couple Simon and Robyn, whose life goes spiralling into meltdown after a chance encounter with Simon’s old high school acquaintance Gordo (Joel Edgerton). Initially, Simon doesn’t even recognise Gordo at […]

Aug, 06

Trouble Brewing *** (1939, George Formby, Googie Withers, Gus McNaughton) – Classic Movie Review 1991

It was weird about Britain in the 1930s. With his buck-toothed grin, cheeky chappie George Formby only just had to strum his ukelele and sing a saucy song and the heroines in his movies capitulated to […]

Dec, 22

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