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The Bad Lord Byron *** (1949, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Linden Travers, Sonia Holm, Mai Zetterling) – Classic Movie Review 6123

Director David MacDonald’s entertaining 1949 historical biopic was originally scorned because it lacks a seriousness of purpose. But now it can be admired as an enjoyable piece of good fun, as well as for its […]

Oct, 21

Don Juan **** (1926, John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Warner Oland, Estelle Taylor, Myrna Loy, Phyllis Haver) – Classic Movie Review 5062

‘The Scientific Marvel VITAPHONE Presentation FAMED OPERATIC AND MUSICAL ARTISTS…and JOHN BARRYMORE in DON JUAN. ‘ Director Alan Crosland’s 1926 classic stars John Barrymore, whose thrilling silent swashbuckler was the first film to be released […]

Feb, 25

Frankenstein Unbound ** (1990, John Hurt, Raul Julia, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda, Jason Patric, Michael Hutchence) – Classic Movie Review 2033

Director/co-writer Roger Corman’s 1990 reworking of the Frankenstein legend with a sci-fi spin is an intriguing horror movie, if only a partial success, with some good performances getting lost in an unfocused screenplay, based on […]

Jan, 02

Gothic *** (1986, Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Timothy Spall) – Classic Movie Review 2031

Ken Russell’s eye-catching 1986 movie Gothic stars Gabriel Byrne as the mad Lord Byron, Julian Sands as the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and Natasha Richardson as Mary Shelley. As time went by, director Ken Russell […]

Jan, 02

Don Juan DeMarco **** (1994, Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway) – Classic Movie Review 909

‘There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? And what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the […]

Mar, 13

The Bride of Frankenstein ***** (1935, Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Una O’Connor, Valerie Hobson, Gavin Gordon, Dwight Frye, Douglas Walton, E E Clive) – Classic Movie Review 32

Director James Whale’s 1935 sequel to his 1931 Frankenstein arguably turned out to be even better than the original, and confidently stakes its claim to being THE classic horror film of all time. Ernest Thesiger etches […]

Jul, 08

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