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The Pawnbroker ***** (1964, Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sanchez) – Classic Movie Review 3470

Rod Steiger said: ‘You think Run of the Arrow is my best film? Haven’t you seen The Pawnbroker?’ Rod Steiger boasts a towering, Oscar-nominated performance as Sol Nazerman, the Jewish pawnbroker in Harlem tormented by […]

Mar, 13

The L-Shaped Room **** (1962, Leslie Caron, Tom Bell, Bernard Lee, Cicely Courtneidge, Brock Peters, Emlyn Williams, Nanette Newman, Patricia Phoenix, Avis Bunnage) – Classic Movie Review 2427

Writer-director Bryan Forbes’s 1962 film is a fragrant slice of Sixties London kitchen-sink life. It is one of the highspots of the brief flowering of British Sixties New Wave cinema. But it has international French star […]

Apr, 26

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country *** (1991, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, David Warner, Christopher Plummer) – Classic Movie Review 1923

Director Nicholas Meyer returns to the helm in 1991 for the engaging sixth movie that supposedly was to be last ever episode. In the story, Captain James T Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of […]

Dec, 06

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home **** (1986, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley) – Classic Movie Review 1921

After helming the successful 1984 outing The Search for Spock, Leonard Nimoy stays in control as director for this enjoyably light-hearted fourth 1986 save-the-whale episode. It represents an endearing, useful change of pace for Admiral […]

Dec, 06

Heavens Above! **** (1963, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Ian Carmichael, Isabel Jeans) – Classic Movie Review 1859

Malcolm Muggeridge came up with the idea for the Boulting Brothers’ thoughtful and entertaining 1963 satirical comedy film Heavens Above! Peter Sellers tickles the funny bone even in a largely serious performance as the Rev […]

Nov, 20

To Kill a Mockingbird ***** (1962, Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Brock Peters, Mary Badham, Paul Fix, Robert Duvall) – Classic Movie Review 65

Thanks to the sensitive yet passionate handling of director Robert Mulligan and his regular producer Alan J Pakula, this triple Oscar-winner is one of those rare enough occasions when a great novel becomes great film. […]

Jul, 18

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