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Back from Eternity *** (1956, Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger) – Classic Movie Review 7846

The 1956 black and white adventure thriller Back from Eternity tells a familiar tale but is actually a bigger budget remake by producer-director John Farrow of his admired 1939 hit Five Came Back, which starred […]

Nov, 27

The Toolbox Murders *** (1978, Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Nicolas Beauvy, Wesley Eure) – Classic Movie Review 6000

Pamelyn Ferdin and Nicholas Beauvy star as a couple, Laurie and Joey Ballard, who move into an LA hotel apartment complex. And that is unfortunate because there the young women are being terrorised by a […]

Aug, 29

View from the Top ** (2003, Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mike Myers, Kelly Preston) – Classic Movie Review 1712

Director Bruno Barreto’s 2003 comedy drama comes from Gwyneth Paltrow’s post-Oscar era when she was valiantly trying to extend her range. This took her into some odd and uncomfortable places, and this is one of […]

Sep, 27

Elizabethtown **** (2005, Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Paul Schneider, Jessica Biel, Judy Greer) – Classic Movie Review 611

Writer-director Cameron Crowe’s 2005 film is another warm-hearted, deliciously quirky treat from the maker of Jerry Maguire. Orlando Bloom stars as a shoe designer called Drew Baylor, who decides to commit suicide after being responsible […]

Jan, 02

The Terminal *** (2004, Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chi McBride) – Classic Movie Review 483

Director Steven Spielberg’s 2004 airport drama is fascinating and of course impeccably made. It’s warm hearted and amusing but it’s also rather lethargic, artificial and slightly lacking enough spontaneous charm. Real life is re-invented as a […]

Dec, 07

Jackie Brown ***** (1997, Pam Grier, Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda, Samuel L Jackson, Robert Forster, Michael Keaton) – Classic Movie Review 366

Writer-director Quentin Tarantino returned for his third movie in 1997 with the ultra-tense, pounding and highly impressive low-life crime thriller Jackie Brown, written for the screen by Tarantino and securely based on Elmore Leonard’s novel […]

Nov, 04

I’m So Excited! [Los amantes pasajeros] *** (2013, Javier Cámara, Pepa Charro, Cecilia Roth, Raúl Arévalo, Paz Vega, Blanca Suárez, Guillermo Toledo) – Movie Review

It’s another Pedro Almodóvar film, 33 years on from his first Pepi, Lucy, Bom in 1980. The long-ago enfant terrible of Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown […]

Jun, 17

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