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Falling in Love *** (1984, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel) – Classic Movie Review 10,653

Director Ulu Grosbard’s 1984 American romantic drama film Falling in Love stars Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep as Manhattan commuters, Frank Raftis and Molly Gilmore, both of them married, who have a brief encounter in […]

Dec, 12

The Bushido Blade ** (1981, Richard Boone, Toshirô Mifune, Frank Converse, Mike Starr) – Classic Movie Review 9498

‘BUSHIDO means revenge – BUSHIDO means bloodshed – BUSHIDO means violent death!’ Director Tsugunobu [Tom] Kotani’s 19th-century-set Kung Fu action thriller The Bushido Blade [The Bloody Bushido Blade](1981) stars Richard Boone as Commodore Matthew Perry, […]

Mar, 12

The Barbarian and the Geisha ** (1958, John Wayne, Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe) – Classic Movie Review 8970

Director John Huston’s 1958 romantic adventure drama The Barbarian and the Geisha stars John Wayne as Townsend Harris, the first US consul to Japan in 1856, who gradually wins respect of the local people, and […]

Oct, 09

Crazy in Alabama *** (1999, Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty, Meat Loaf, Rod Steiger) – Classic Movie Review 8279

Director Antonio Banderas’s 1999 drama Crazy in Alabama is based on the novel by Mark Childress, with the screenplay by him too, and stars Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty, Meat Loaf and […]

Mar, 21

Bullfighter and the Lady *** (1951, Robert Stack, Joy Page, Gilbert Roland, Katy Jurado, Virginia Grey, John Hubbard) – Classic Movie Review 7446

This interesting but mainly routine romantic action drama movie is intriguingly co-written, produced and directed by cult favourite Budd Boetticher. It is also intriguing that John Wayne was executive producer and John Ford an uncredited […]

Aug, 15

The Meg * (2018, Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson) – Movie Review

Okay, so we are not expecting a remake of Citizen Kane any time soon from Jason Statham, but really The Meg’s pretty much the dregs. It says something about where we are today that this is the […]

Aug, 10

The Brain from Planet Arous **½ (1957, John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller) – Classic Movie Review 4347

Nathan Juran’s so-terrible-it’s-fun movie The Brain from Planet Arous is bizarrely amusing virtually throughout, with acting and effects to match. It has survived years of terrible reviews to become a cult classic. It is silly […]

Sep, 11

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