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The Treasure Seekers ** (1979, Rod Taylor, Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Jeremy Kemp, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 11,012

Director Henry Levin’s 1977 The Treasure Seekers stars Rod Taylor, who also wrote the screenplay (based on a story by Walter Brough) for this minor, routine action and romance adventure film about two old college […]

Mar, 11

The Twelve Chairs ***½ (1970, Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Diana Coupland, David Lander, Mel Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 4133

Writer-director Mel Brooks’s engaging 1970 movie version of the much filmed 1920s classic Soviet satirical novel The Twelve Chairs by the Odessan Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov is sleek, witty and amusing. Ron Moody stars as […]

Aug, 06

National Treasure *** (2004, Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Plummer) – Classic Movie Review 3826

Director Jon Turteltaub’s family-friendly 2004 Jerry Bruckheimer/Disney epic adventure provides an enormous hit for Nicolas Cage, taking $173,000,000 at the US box office. Nicolas Cage plays Benjamin Franklin Gates, whose family is hell bent on […]

Jun, 08

Christopher Strong *** (1933, Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke) – Classic Movie Review 3418

Katharine Hepburn does well in director Dorothy Arzner’s 1933 romantic drama as strong-willed but dashing aviatrix Lady Cynthia Darrington who falls for English member of Parliament Sir Christopher Strong (Colin Clive), threatening his happy marriage to wife Lady Strong (Billie […]

Feb, 27

Treasure Island **** (1950, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Finlay Currie, Basil Sydney) – Classic Movie Review 2058

Ah, ha, Jim lad! The inimitable, or very imitable, Robert Newton is an absolute knockout in the 1950 adventure film Treasure Island as the best-ever eccentric pirate captain Long John Silver. Go on, Talk Like […]

Jan, 09

The Goonies **** (1985, Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen) – Classic Movie Review 298

Written by Chris Columbus and based on an original story by executive producer Steven Spielberg, this spiffing 1985 entertainment is a ripping yarn and an extremely likeable comedy action adventure. It’s bursting at the seams […]

Oct, 19

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