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Never a Dull Moment *** (1968, Dick Van Dyke, Edward G Robinson, Dorothy Provine, Henry Silva) – Classic Movie Review 11,955

Director Jerry Paris’s middling 1968 Walt Disney heist crime comedy film Never a Dull Moment stars Dick Van Dyke, Edward G Robinson, Dorothy Provine, Henry Silva, Slim Pickens and Jack Elam. Gangster-playing actor Jack Albany (Dick Van Dyke) is […]

Feb, 24

Portrait from Life [The Girl in the Painting] *** (1949, Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty, Guy Rolfe, Herbert Lom, Patrick Holt) – Classic Movie Review 11,086

‘A psychological thriller, a captivating mystery, a tender love story – all brilliantly COMBINED INTO ONE EXCITING MOTION PICTURE’ Director Terence Fisher’s 1949 British black and white mystery romantic drama Portrait from Life [The Girl […]

Apr, 10

The Spider’s Stratagem [Strategia del Ragno] **** (1970, Giulio Brogi, Alida Valli, Tino Scotti, Pippo Campanini) – Classic Movie Review 10,794

Writer-director Bernardo Bertolucci’s stylish, complex and clever 1970 Italian political film The Spider’s Stratagem [Strategia del Ragno] is based on the story Theme of the Traitor and the Hero (Tema del traidor y del héroe) […]

Jan, 15

Dangerous Money * (1946, Sidney Toler, Gloria Warren, Victor Sen Yung, Rick Vallin) – Classic Movie Review 9068

Director Terry O Morse’s 1946 comedy crime mystery thriller Dangerous Money is a disappointingly poor and predictable Charlie Chan episode, with a lack of the required pace and tension, as Chan (Sidney Toler) and Number two […]

Nov, 13

The Quince Tree Sun [El Sol Del Membrillo] ***** (1992) – Classic Movie Review 8822

Director Victor Erice’s 1992 Spanish drama The Quince Tree Sun [El Sol Del Membrillo] is a hypnotic rumination on art and life, taken at an audaciously sedate pace and at considerable length by Erice, who […]

Aug, 12

Age of Consent *** (1969, James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran) – Classic Movie Review 8352

The 24-year-old Helen Mirren gets to star with James Mason and be directed by Michael Powell. The 1969 Australian romantic comedy drama Age of Consent is a straggler from the dog days of the glittering […]

Apr, 10

The Stendhal Syndrome [La Sindrome di Stendhal] ** (1996, Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi) – Classic Movie Review 8156

Asia Argento stars as Anna Manni, a homicide detective, who unwittingly suffers from the dizzy-making Stendhal Syndrome of the title, battling a serial rapist-killer, in the 1996 The Stendhal Syndrome [La Sindrome di Stendhal]. It […]

Feb, 20

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