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The Vanishing *** (1993, Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis, Sandra Bullock) – Classic Movie Review 8992

For his 1993 remake The Vanishing, director George Sluizer Hollywoodises his 1988 Dutch psychological horror thriller The Vanishing [Spoorloos] and adds an extra female character (a spunky girlfriend for the hero) and a different ending. […]

Oct, 17

Back from Eternity *** (1956, Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger) – Classic Movie Review 7846

The 1956 black and white adventure thriller Back from Eternity tells a familiar tale but is actually a bigger budget remake by producer-director John Farrow of his admired 1939 hit Five Came Back, which starred […]

Nov, 27

Distant Drums ***½ (1951, Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon, Richard Webb, Ray Teal, Arthur Hunnicutt, Robert Barrat) – Classic Movie Review 4784

In 1840s Florida, Army Captain Quincy Wyatt (Cooper) and Lieutenant Richard Tufts (Richard Webb) free prisoners from the clutches of the Seminole Indians, and fight their way back to safety through Indian country in director […]

Dec, 11

Baskin *** (2015, Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Gorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu) – Movie Review

Writer-director Can Evrenol makes his feature début, after eight short films, remaking his eighth short Baskin. He goes all out to shock in his Turkish horror movie story that follows a squad of unsuspecting cops who first bicker and […]

May, 18

Pocketful of Miracles *** (1961, Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O’Connell, Peter Falk, Thomas Mitchell, Ann-Margret) – Classic Movie Review 2744

For his final movie Pocketful of Miracles in 1961, director Frank Capra remakes his 1933 hit Lady for a Day, this time casting Glenn Ford as superstitious bootlegger mobster Dave the Dude and Bette Davis as […]

Jul, 27

Mad Max: Fury Road **** (2015, Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult) – Movie Review

The explosive Fury Road is spectacularly fast and furious, with a quirky set of ideas and some of the screen’s most astonishing visuals. Imperator Furiosa: ‘You never gonna have a better chance.’ Max Rockatansky: ‘At […]

May, 14

Delivery Man ** (2013, Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders) – Movie Review

Vince Vaughn is a good actor and funny man, with a deserved huge fan base. But he’s not ideal casting as a sensitive, affable, bumbling, slacker, middle-aged underachiever who’s in a tizzy when he finds out […]

Jan, 02

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