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A Walk in the Clouds **** (1995, Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Giancarlo Giannini, Anthony Quinn) – Classic Movie Review 7072

Director Alfonso Arau’s delicious and delightful 1995 full-on romantic drama A Walk in the Clouds stars Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Giancarlo Giannini and Anthony Quinn. It tells a sweet story with charm to spare, is compellingly acted, and nicely directed […]

May, 20

The Duellists **** (1977, Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Tom Conti, Robert Stephens, John McEnery, Diana Quick) – Classic Movie Review 6461

Director Ridley Scott’s 1977 debut British feature film is an eye-catching version of Joseph Conrad’s story The Duel about two French Napoleonic officers (Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel) who engage in epic feuding in a bizarre […]

Dec, 23

Hart’s War *** (2002, Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard) – Classic Movie Review 6362

Colin Farrell plays Lieutenant Thomas Hart, an American law-student-turned GI fighting in World War Two, who is captured by enemy soldiers. He is taken to a German PoW camp, where Bruce Willis plays the ranking […]

Dec, 06

Storm Over the Nile * (1955, Anthony Steel, Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice, Ronald Lewis, Ian Carmichael, Mary Ure) – Classic Movie Review 6265

Directors Zoltan Korda and Terence Young’s completely unwanted CinemaScope remake of the great 1939 Zoltan Korda adventure classic The Four Feathers, based on the novel by A E W Mason, does not even have the […]

Nov, 17

Effi Briest **** (1974, Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Karl-Heinz Böhm) – Classic Movie Review 6183

Writer-producer-director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1974 German gem is based on the novel by Theodor Fontane. These were glory days for Fassbinder. Fassbinder turns this 19th-century tale of the teenaged beauty Effi Briest (Hanna Schygulla) into one of […]

Nov, 03

To Hell and Back **** (1955, Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Gregg Palmer, Jack Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 5793

Director Jesse Hibbs’s strong and solid 1955 Universal war film does justice to its tale of heroism as Audie Murphy re-creates (from his autobiography) the story of how he became America’s most decorated soldier (with […]

Jul, 21

Last Man Standing **** (1996, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson) – Classic Movie Review 4927

Writer-director Walter Hill’s dark, dour and downbeat 1996 American gangster movie remake of Akira Kurosawa’s classic Japanese adventure Yojimbo (1961) is a thrilling action movie. It stars Bruce Willis as John Smith, Christopher Walken as Hickey, Bruce Dern […]

Jan, 24

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