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That Man from Rio [L’Homme de Rio] *** (1964, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais and Adolfo Celi) – Classic Movie Review 11,557

Director Philippe de Broca’s 1964 French James Bond-type spoof film That Man from Rio [L’Homme de Rio] stars Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais and Adolfo Celi. That Man from Rio is a lively, fast-moving […]

Sep, 07

That Night in Rio **** (1941, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda) – Classic Movie Review 8579

Director Irving Cummings’s deliciously bright and campy 1941 musical That Night in Rio stars the formidable trio of Don Ameche, Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda. As the tagline tells us, it is filmed in gorgeous […]

Jun, 10

Road to Rio *** (1947, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard) – Classic Movie Review 6605

Director Norman Z McLeod’s zesty 1947 Paramount comedy is the fifth Road film with the magic team of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour on vivacious form. Nutty, escapist comedies were ideal for the […]

Jan, 26

Night Flight *** (1933, John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy) – Classic Movie Review 6043

When there is an outbreak of polio in Rio de Janeiro, pilots offer to risk their lives in bad weather to fly the medicine over the dangerous Andes mountains. John Barrymore stars as Riviere, who […]

Sep, 24

Blame It on Rio *** (1984, Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore) – Classic Movie Review 5909

Michael Caine is on commanding form as Matthew Hollis, a mixed-up middle-aged married man who starts a holiday romance in Rio with Jennifer (Michelle Johnson), the seductive teenage daughter of his libidinous best buddy Victor […]

Aug, 14

Trash **** (2014, Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura) – Movie Review

Rickson Tevez and Eduardo Luis play Rafael and Gardo, trash-picking Brazilian boys from Rio’s slums, who find a wallet in their local garbage dump. When the cops show up, offering a handsome reward for the wallet’s return, […]

Jan, 15

City of God [Cidade de Deus] ***** (2002, Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Leandro Firmino, Alice Braga, Seu Jorge) – Classic Movie Review 1194

Director Fernando Meirelles’s 2002 classic is an extreme but absolutely brilliant and utterly nerve-wracking Brazilian thriller, in which two Rio boys, brought up together in the Sixties, fight it out on different sides of the […]

May, 09

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