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Flying Leathernecks ** (1951, John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Janis Carter, Don Taylor, Jay C Flippen) – Classic Movie Review 6996

Director Nicholas Ray’s 1951 wartime action drama stars John Wayne and Robert Ryan as airborne commander Major Daniel Xavier Kirby and executive officer Captain Carl ‘Griff’ Griffin, who fight it out over whether Major Kirby […]

May, 04

Last Flag Flying **** (2017, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell) – Movie Review

Director Richard Linklater’s poignant 2017 drama, based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan, is absolutely first rate. There are three marvellous performances, a great script, some tremendous bitter-sweet moments, and a wonderful tear-jerking ending. Bryan […]

Dec, 16

Sadie Thompson **** (1928, Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Friderici) – Classic Movie Review 5341

Director Raoul Walsh’s 1928 silent stars Gloria Swanson, who gives her all as William Somerset Maugham’s provocative character Sadie Thompson, the shady lady who comes to Pago Pago and falls for and weds marine sergeant […]

Apr, 24

Coming Home ***** (1978, Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty) – Classic Movie Review 2053

Director Hal Ashby’s high-impact, liberal-minded, issue-led 1978 triple Oscar-winning classic triumphed at the Academy Awards. Jon Voight and Jane Fonda won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress as Luke Martin, a bitter, wheelchair-bound Vietnam […]

Jan, 06

Full Metal Jacket ***** (1987, Matthew Modine, R Lee Ermey, Vincent D’Onofrio) – Classic Movie Review 324

‘I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be “Sir”. Do you […]

Oct, 26

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