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Sniper *** (1993, Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J T Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 11,272

‘One Shot. One Kill. No Exceptions.’ Director Luis Llosa’s 1993 Sniper stars Billy Zane as American rookie Richard Miller, who is helicoptered into South America to join US Marine veteran Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger) on […]

Jun, 05

Sandokan the Great [Sandokan, la Tigre di Mompracem] ** (1963, Steve Reeves, Geneviève Grad, Andrea Bosic) – Classic Movie Review 7,966

Steve Reeves updates his sword-and-sandal spectaculars for the cheerful 1963 Italian historical adventure film Sandokan the Great about the pirate-prince Sandokan rebelling against the forces of Queen Victoria. US Mr World and Mr Universe Steve […]

Dec, 31

A Professional Gun [Il Mercenario] [The Mercenary] **** (1968, Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Jack Palance) – Classic Movie Review 7812

Director Sergio Corbucci’s 1968 A Professional Gun [Il Mercenario] [The Mercenary] is a notable spaghetti Western, with strong performances from Jack Palance and Franco Nero (as Ricciolo ‘Curly’ and Sergei Kowalski the Polish, the rival […]

Nov, 20

Anzio [Lo sbarco di Anzio] ** (1968, Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Robert Ryan, Earl Holliman, Mark Damon) – Classic Movie Review 6448

The exciting star cast of Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Arthur Kennedy and Robert Ryan, and a lavish production spearhead director Edward Dmytryk’s 1968 movie attack on the World War Two story of the allied invasion […]

Dec, 21

Phantoms *** (1998, Peter O’Toole, Ben Affleck, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber, Rose McGowan) – Classic Movie Review 5100

OMG, 150 people are dead and 350 are missing in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, Colorado, and that’s not good. It turns out that a monster is terrorising the Californian Rocky Mountain community, where […]

Mar, 04

The Roaring Twenties ***** (1939, James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, Jeffrey Lynn) – Classic Movie Review 3677

Director Raoul Walsh’s essential, rousing 1939 gangster movie stars James Cagney in one of his key roles. It’s a tale of three buddies trying survive in Prohibition America after fighting together in World War One. Cagney […]

May, 08

Some Like It Hot ***** (1959, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe, Joe E Brown, George Raft, Pat O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 97

Billy Wilder’s 1959 film Some Like It Hot offers a comic take on the St Valentine’s Day Massacre, building a mountain of gags round a hilarious story of two musicians in drag fleeing gangsters by […]

Jul, 27

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