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The Unholy *** (1988, Trevor Howard, Ben Cross, Hal Holbrook, Ruben Rabasa, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 11,241

Director Camilo Vila’s 1988 horror The Unholy stars Trevor Howard as blind priest Father Silva, who takes on the forces of Satan, in this powerful, solidly plotted chiller. Ben Cross and Hal Holbrook co-star as […]

May, 25

Without a Clue *** (1988, Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Paul Freeman, Peter Cook, Nigel Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 10,902

Director Thom Eberhardt’s 1988 British comedy film Without a Clue is a neat twist on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmes and Watson characters and stars Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Paul Freeman, Peter […]

Feb, 10

Better Off Dead… * (1985, John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Amanda Wyss, Demian Slade, Aaron Dozier) – Classic Movie Review 10,707

Writer-director Savage Steve Holland’s aimless but sometimes amusing 1985 teen comedy Better Off Dead… stars John Cusack as teenager Lane Meyer, who has a crush on his girlfriend Beth Truss (Amanda Wyss) but has girlfriend […]

Dec, 26

My Ain Folk **** (1973, Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith) – Classic Movie Review 8808

In My Ain Folk (1973), part two of writer-director Bill Douglas’s autobiographical British drama The Bill Douglas Trilogy, Jamie (Stephen Archibald), the unwanted Scots boy of My Childhood (1972), who is living with his grandmother […]

Aug, 09

Dead in a Week: Or Your Money Back *** (2018, Tom Wilkinson, Aneurin Barnard, Christopher Eccleston, Marion Bailey) – Movie Review

Writer-director Tom Edmunds’s Dead in a Week: Or Your Money Back is a well acted, constantly amusing, often funny British black comedy thriller, with plenty of quirky ideas and just the right tone and attitudes. […]

Nov, 06

Miss Julie ** (1999, Saffron Burrows, Peter Mullan, Maria Doyle Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 7713

Writer-producer-director Mike Figgis’s 1999 British film Miss Julie is an interesting but stagey and sluggish rendition of August Strindberg’s world classic play, with actory performances, too many hand-held camera and too-large close-ups, in which the […]

Oct, 28

The End *** (1978, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Dom DeLuise, Robby Benson, Kristy McNichol, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Pat O’Brien, Carl Reiner) – Classic Movie Review 7572

The 1978 movie The End is good tasteless, crazy black comedy fun from Burt Reynolds, with the star directing himself as Wendell Sonny Lawson, a Woody Allen-style hypochondriac who however learns he has a year […]

Sep, 13

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