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The Squeeze ***½ (1977, Stacy Keach, David Hemmings, Edward Fox, Stephen Boyd, Carol White, Freddie Starr) – Classic Movie Review 11,430

Director Michael Apted’s 1977 gangster film The Squeeze is a tough and gritty Seventies British action thriller aping an American genre, in which disgraced, alcoholic detective Jim Naboth (Stacy Keach), fired from the police force […]

Jul, 29

The Squeaker *** (1937, Edmund Lowe, Sebastian Shaw, Ann Todd, Tamara Desni, Robert Newton, Allan Jeayes, Alastair Sim) – Classic Movie Review 11,428

The venerable vintage 1937 British crime thriller The Squeaker is based on Edgar Wallace’s famous novel and play. Director William K Howard’s venerable vintage 1937 British crime thriller The Squeaker [Murder on Diamond Row] is […]

Jul, 28

Shakedown **** (1950, Howard Duff, Peggy Dow, Brian Donlevy, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett, Anne Vernon) – Classic Movie Review 9479

Director Joseph [Joe] Pevney’s 1950 Universal International Pictures black and white B-movie crime thriller Shakedown is a little gem of a movie in the best film noir crime drama tradition. Howard Duff plays unscrupulous Jack […]

Mar, 08

All Coppers Are… * (1972, Martin Potter, Julia Foster, Nicky Henson, Wendy Allnutt, Ian Hendry, Glynn Edwards) – Classic Movie Review 9312

A young London policeman and a small-time crook are love rivals, in the 1972 British drama film All Coppers Are… with Martin Potter, Julia Foster and Nicky Henson. The dull, dated film has a terrible […]

Jan, 28

Casque d’Or ***** (1952, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin) – Classic Movie Review 8,669

The 1952 Casque d’Or is a dazzling example of the postwar French film, perfectly capturing the nostalgic poetic-pessimistic mood of the time. It won one BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actress (Simone Signoret). Director […]

Jul, 03

1% ** (2017, Eddie Baroo, Ryan Corr, Aaron Fa’aoso, Matt Nable, Simone Kessell, Abbey Lee) – Movie Review 

Director Stephen McCallum’s punchy low-budget 2017 Australian crime thriller plays like a Sixties/ Seventies biker movie. It has a certain basic raw energy and revving dynamism on its side, but obviously it avoids anything like […]

Oct, 01

John Wick: Chapter 2 **** (2017, Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane) – Movie Review

Italian villain Santino D’Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio) is none too thrilled when retired ex-hitman John Wick (Keanu Reeves) refuses his marker to repay his debt and to make a kill for him. Santino promptly blows up his house to […]

Feb, 17

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