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Posts Tagged "Mexico City"

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A Life in the Balance ***½ (1955, Ricardo Montalban, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin, José Perez, Rodolfo Acosta) – Classic Movie Review 12,146

Lee Marvin stars as a religious-fanatic serial killer terrorizing young women in Mexico City, where the police are chasing the wrong man and his son’s life is in the balance. Director Harry Horner’s intriguing, involving cheap-cost […]

May, 30

Mystery in Mexico *** (1948, William Lundigan, Ricardo Cortez, Jacqueline White, Tony Barrett) – Classic Movie Review 5293

Director Robert Wise’s 1948 mystery crime thriller is a very tolerable, short (66 minutes) little RKO Radio Pictures B-movie about an insurance claims snoop who is asked by his company to investigate the mystery of the disappearance […]

Apr, 15

The Matador **** (2005, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Adam Scott) – Classic Movie Review 4284

Pierce Brosnan scores a hit as a world-weary hit-man, who drags failed salesman Greg Kinnear into his crazy way of life in Mexico. Much later, a desperate Brosnan turns up at Kinnear’s home to seek […]

Sep, 02

The Black Scorpion ** (1957, Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas) – Classic Movie Review 3917

‘Every Horror You’ve Seen on the Screen Grows Pale Beside the horror of The Black Scorpion!’ Director Edward Ludwig’s amusingly feeble 1957 Warner Bros horror film stars Richard Denning and Mara Corday as American geologist […]

Jul, 02

Spectre ***½ (2015, Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Dave Bautista, Naomie Harris) – Movie Review

Daniel Craig is back for his fourth Bond movie in director Sam Mendes‘s sequel to his smash-hit Skyfall (2012). It’s hard to follow the most successful 007 movie, but they’ve done a pretty bang-up job, […]

Oct, 22

The Giant Claw ** (1957, Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum) – Classic Movie Review 2,902

Fred F Sears’s laughably simple-minded 1957 low-budget sci-fi horror monster movie The Giant Claw stars Jeff Morrow and Mara Corday as scientists Mitch and Sally. The mythical creature intended as the film’s showpiece is a […]

Sep, 12

Y Tu Mamá También **** (2001, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Maribel Verdú) – Classic Movie Review 823

Sex Mex! Alfonso Cuarón’s 2001 Mexican coming of age road film Y Tu Mamá También stars Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal and Maribel Verdú. Sex Mex! Two sex and drugs obsessed teenage Mexican boys, Tenoch […]

Feb, 13

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