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Good Day for a Hanging ** (1959, Fred MacMurray, Margaret Hayes, Robert Vaughn, Joan Blackman, James Drury) – Classic Movie Review 9742

  ‘Bloody, blistering violence as a baby-face goon explodes against the girl who loves him… while the mob stands ready to tear out his guts before the law can hang him!’ Director Nathan H Juran’s […]

May, 10

Valentino *** (1977, Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Kendal) – Classic Movie Review 7866

The 1977 biopic Valentino is The Smouldering One according to provocative director Ken Russell and his magnetic dancing star Rudolf Nureyev. As in the 1951 film, also called Valentino, the story bears little resemblance to […]

Dec, 01

Le Ballon Rouge [The Red Balloon] ***** (1956, Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier) – Classic Movie Review 7291

Writer-director Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 delightful world-famous short film The Red Balloon (Le Ballon Rouge) is legendary. Lamorisse won the 1957 Oscar for Best Writing, Best Screenplay – Original – the only person ever to have received this […]

Jul, 14

The Witches **** (1990, Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher) – Classic Movie Review 5869

‘As far as children are concerned, a witch is easily the most dangerous of all the living creatures on Earth.’ It is perhaps quite surprising to find Nicolas Roeg directing the 1990 film The Witches […]

Aug, 07

Downtime * (1997, Paul McGann, Susan Lynch, Tom Georgeson, David Roper) – Classic Movie Review 4184

Paul McGann plays Rob, an ex-police psychiatrist who tries to talk down depressed young woman Chrissy (Susan Lynch), with five-year-old child Jake (Adam Johnston), from chucking herself off the 21st-storey balcony of a Newcastle upon […]

Aug, 16

The Set-Up ***** (1949, Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford) – Classic Movie Review 2,388

Robert Wise’s great 1949 fight game movie The Set-Up stars Robert Ryan in a knockout performance as a has-been fighter who won’t take a dive. Director Robert Wise’s great 1949 fight game movie The Set-Up […]

Apr, 14

Gloria *** (1999, Sharon Stone, Jeremy Northam, George C Scott, Jean-Luke Figueroa, Cathy Moriarty, Bonnie Bedelia, Mike Starr) – Classic Film Review 1,202

Sharon Stone is a powerful and attractive star presence as a gangster’s moll on the run, in Sidney Lumet’s rickety 1999 Mob thriller remake Gloria. Director Sidney Lumet’s efficient and tolerable 1999 remake of John […]

May, 17

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