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The Kitchen Toto *** (1987, Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan, Edwin Mahinda) – Classic Movie Review 9971

Writer-director Harry Hook’s 1987 British drama The Kitchen Toto stars Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan and Edwin Mahinda. Mahinda plays a Kenyan boy called Mwangi, who is befriended by a British police chief, John Graham (Peck), […]

Jun, 28

Where No Vultures Fly [Ivory Hunter] *** (1951, Anthony Steel, Dinah Sheridan, Harold Warrender) – Classic Movie Review 9798

Anthony Steel and Dinah Sheridan star effectively as the East African national park game warden and his wife, in the sharp and swift Ealing Studios realist-style 1951 jungle adventure film Where No Vultures Fly. Director […]

May, 21

Tanganyika ** (1954, Van Heflin, Howard Duff, Ruth Roman, Jeff Morrow) – Classic Movie Review 6683

Director André De Toth [deToth]’s 1954 Technicolor movie Tanganyika is a moderate but fairly engaging action adventure film starring a capable quartet of interesting players in Van Heflin, Howard Duff, Ruth Roman and Jeff Morrow. […]

Feb, 12

White Mischief **** (1987, Charles Dance, Greta Scacchi, Joss Ackland, John Hurt) – Classic Movie Review 6,406

Joss Ackland CBE (29 February 1928 – 19 November 2023) appeared in more than 130 films and TV shows. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the 1987 film White […]

Dec, 14

Eye in the Sky **** (2015, Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Iain Glen, Phoebe Fox) – Movie Review

Director Gavin Hood’s engrossing 2015 movie Eye in the Sky is a nerve-janglingly tense, thought-provoking thriller, with an ideal tough role for Helen Mirren as British Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a […]

Apr, 11

Born Free *** (1965, Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Geoffrey Keen) – Classic Movie Review 3186

Director James Hill’s heart-warming 1965 British animal adventure movie scooped composer John Barry a pair of Oscars for Best Original Music Score and his title Best Original Song Born Free (shared with Don Black for […]

Dec, 24

The Constant Gardener **** (2005, Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Hubert Koundé, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy) – Classic Movie Review 3169

Ralph Fiennes stars as widower Justin Quayle, who is determined to uncover a potentially explosive secret involving the murder of his activist wife Tessa (Rachel Weisz), in director Fernando Meirelles’s excellent 2005 movie of the novel by John […]

Dec, 18

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