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The Sea Beast **** (1926, John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, George O’Hara) – Classic Movie Review 12,693

Warner Bros’ 1926 movie The Sea Beast is the famous silent film of Herman Melville’s book Moby-Dick, boasting exciting action scenes and John Barrymore’s storming performance as Captain Ahab. It is vintage silent-movie stuff.  Director […]

Oct, 27

Moby Dick ** (1930, John Barrymore, Joan Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 12,692

Warner Bros’ 1930 black and white adventure film Moby Dick stars the richly entertaining John Barrymore and Joan Bennett, and is the first sound film of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick. ‘Far out in an […]

Oct, 27

Free Willy 3: The Rescue ** (1997, Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Annie Corley, Vincent Berry, Patrick Kilpatrick) – Classic Movie Review 6423

Jason James Richter, the appealing one-boy save-the-whale campaigner from Free Willy (1993), is back for his third and final film as killer whale Willy’s pal Jesse, now aged 16, to try to save the orca whale […]

Dec, 17

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home *** (1995, Jason James Richter, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson, M Emmet Walsh, August Schellenberg) – Classic Movie Review 6422

Jason James Richter returns as Jesse, the appealing one-boy save-the-whale campaigner from Free Willy (1993), who this time sets off on a sailing trip with his argumentative half brother (Jon Tenny) and his foster parents […]

Dec, 17

Free Willy ** (1993, Jason James Richter, Jayne Atkinson, Michael Madsen, Michael Ironside, Lori Petty, August Schellenberg) – Classic Movie Review 6421

Director Simon Wincer’s hugely popular 1993 children’s film is simple, popular sentimental family adventure fare starring Jason James Richter as an abandoned 12-year old street kid called Jesse who befriends a three-ton orca killer whale trapped […]

Dec, 17

Whale Rider ***½ (2003, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis) – Classic Movie Review 4509

Writer-director Niko Caro’s compelling 2003 New Zealand story of Maori teenage girl Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes)’s fight for acceptance by her tribal chief grandfather as a suitable future leader of the tribe makes for a gripping […]

Oct, 23

Finding Dory **** (2016, voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill) – Movie Review

Pixar’s long-awaited sequel to its 2003 Finding Nemo plunges swimingly back into Nemo’s beautifully realised aquatic world with a delightful mix of the original favourite underwater characters and some delightful new characters, including octopus Hank (Ed O’Neill), […]

Jul, 26

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