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Back to the Beach ** (1987, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Lori Loughlin, Paul Reubens, Tommy Hinckley, Don Adams, Bob Denver) – Classic Movie Review 6219

‘Fasten your seat belts and get ready for a totally NEW WAVE motion picture experience.’ The iconic Sixties stars Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon and Connie Stevens find useful film work in director Lyndall Hobbs’s kitsch […]

Nov, 09

Muscle Beach Party *** (1964, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Luciana Paluzzi, Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett) – Classic Movie Review 6217

When a new gym opens up near their stretch of sand, it is back to the beach with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello for director William Asher’s hasty 1964 follow-up to their smash hit Beach […]

Nov, 09

Bikini Beach ** (1964, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Martha Hyer, Don Rickles, Harvey Lembeck, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 6216

In 1964, American International Pictures released Bikini Beach, the third of its Beach Party movies with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. It is co-written and directed by William Asher. How is this for blatant advertising: ‘It’s where the […]

Nov, 09

Ride the Wild Surf ** (1964, Fabian Forte, Tab Hunter, Peter Brown, Shelley Fabares, Barbara Eden) – Classic Movie Review 5963

Sixties heartthrobs Fabian Forte, Tab Hunter and Peter Brown ride the Hawaiian surf and romance lovelies Shelley Fabares, Barbara Eden and Susan Hart, in director Don Taylor’s frothy and flaky 1964 Ride the Wild Surf, […]

Aug, 24

Beach Party *** (1963, Robert Cummings, Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Vincent Price, Dorothy Malone) – Classic Movie Review 4918

It’s all here – the Sixties, slapstick, songs, satire, sand, sun, sea, surf, and of course sex! What more can you ask for? Oh, subtlety and sophistication, I suppose. Director William Asher’s 1963 American International […]

Jan, 22

Chasing Mavericks ***½ (2012, Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, Leven Rambin) – Classic Movie Review 4394

Director Curtis Hanson’s last film was Chasing Mavericks in 2012, but alas he was unable to finish the film because of ill health and Michael Apted replaced him as director for the final days of shooting. Hanson was […]

Sep, 22

Spy Kids 3D: Game Over *** (2003, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Sylvester Stallone, Salma Hayek, Ricardo Montalban) – Classic Movie Review 4206

Thrilling 3D effects spark writer-director Robert Rodriguez’s 2003 third part of his super teen spy series, in which spy-kid Carmen (Alexa Vega) is trapped in a video game by the evil Toymaker (Sylvester Stallone), and her brother […]

Aug, 20

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