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Stroszek *** (1977, Bruno S, Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz) – Classic Movie Review 9262

Writer/ producer/ director Werner Herzog’s offbeat 1977 comedy drama of cultural dislocation Stroszek has alcoholic ex-con Bruno Stroszek (Bruno S) moving from Berlin with his elderly eccentric neighbour friend Scheitz (Clemens Scheitz) and down on […]

Jan, 15

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes **** (1945, Edward G Robinson, Margaret O’Brien, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 8782

Emanuel Goldenberg was born in Bucharest, Romania, arrived in the United States at the age of 10, and  moved with his family into New York’s Lower East Side, took up acting and changed his name […]

Jul, 31

Come and Get It **** (1936, Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan) – Classic Movie Review 7159

Walter Brennan came and got the very first ever Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role in directors Howard Hawks and William Wyler’s 1936 movie based on Edna Ferber’s famous novel of love and […]

Jun, 12

The Prince and Me ** (2004, Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Ben Miller, Miranda Richardson, James Fox) – Classic Movie Review 3588

Director Martha Coolidge’s 2004 romcom stars Julia Stiles as US student Paige, who falls in love with her cute classmate Edvard (Luke Mably), little knowing that he’s really a Danish prince, enjoying a private life […]

Apr, 18

The Giant Spider Invasion * (1975, Steve Brodie, Barbara Hale, Alan Hale Jr, Robert Easton, Leslie Parrish, Bill Williams) – Classic Movie Review 2903

Co-producer/director Bill Rebane’s unintentionally hilarious 1975 sci-fi horror monster movie features giant 15-meter spiders from another dimension. Upset by a meteor that lands on a North Wisconsin farm and subsequent nuclear fallout, the spiders leap from […]

Sep, 12

Starman ****½ (1984, Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel) – Classic Movie Review 2043

Director John Carpenter delivers a stupendous, electrifying 1984 adult sci-fi fairy tale that’s tense, touching and thrilling throughout. Bruce A Evans, Raynold Gideon and Dean Reisner’s screenplay follows the story of the titular alien Starman, […]

Jan, 03

Dawn of the Dead *** (2004, Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Kevin Zegers, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Lindy Booth) – Classic Movie Review 1466

In his tense and exciting 2004 feature film debut, director Zack Snyder remakes George A. Romero’s 1978 zombie classic Dawn of the Dead as a horror action movie, working from a workmanlike screenplay by James Gunn, co-writer/director of […]

Jul, 24

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