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- Rough Shoot [Shoot First] *** (1952, Joel McCrea, Herbert Lom, Evelyn Keyes, Marius Goring, Roland Culver, Karel Stepanek, Patricia Laffan, Frank Lawson) – Classic Movie Review 13,558
- A Dandy in Aspic * (1968, Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay, Lionel Stander, Mia Farrow, Harry Andrews, Peter Cook, Per Oscarsson, Barbara Murray) – Classic Movie Review 13,557
- The Hour of 13 *** (1952, Peter Lawford, Dawn Addams, Roland Culver, Derek Bond, Leslie Dwyer) – Classic Movie Review 13,556
- The Night Won’t Talk *** (1952, Hy Hazell, John Bailey, Mary Germaine, Ballard Berkeley, Sarah Lawson) – Classic Movie Review 13,555
- The Looters * (1955, Rory Calhoun, Ray Danton, Julie Adams, Thomas Gomez, Frank Faylen) – Classic Movie Review 13,554
- The Man from Majorca [Mannen Från Mallorca] *** (1984, Sven Wollter, Tomas von Brömssen, Håkan Serner) – Classic Movie Review 13,553
- The Man from Morocco * (1945, Anton Walbrook, Margaretta Scott, Mary Morris) – Classic Movie Review 13,552
- Catch Us If You Can [Having a Wild Weekend] ** (1965, The Dave Clark Five, Barbara Ferris, David Lodge, Robin Bailey, Yootha Joyce) – Classic Movie Review 13,551
- The Floating Dutchman *** (1952, Dermot Walsh, Sydney Tafler, Mary Germaine) – Classic Movie Review 13,550
- According to Otto *** (2025, Jasper Musgrave, Wayne Tunks, Brendan Paul) – Classic Movie Review 13,549
Space Cowboys *** (2000, Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, Tommy Lee Jones) – Classic Movie Review 1459
Co-producer/director Clint Eastwood joins Donald Sutherland, James Garner and Tommy Lee Jones as the stars of his 2000 movie. They play a team of ageing pilots who get the chance to fulfil their lifelong dream […]
The Odd Couple II ** (1998, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon) – Classic Movie Review 1458
Director Howard Deutsch’s 1998 belated sequel to the 1968 classic would have been better years earlier, but it’s still a case of better late than never. After ten films teamed together, The Odd Couple II was […]
Buddy, Buddy *** (1981, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon) – Classic Movie Review 1457
Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon’s fifth movie together and their last till Grumpy Old Men in 1993 is director Billy Wilder’s final film from 1981. Alas it wasn’t the hoped-for classic, and Wilder’s brilliant career […]
Deep Blue Sea *** (1999, Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Samuel L Jackson, Stellan Skarsgård) – Classic Movie Review 1456
Director Renny Harlin’s 1999 horror film Deep Blue Sea isn’t exactly a high-quality monster movie but it is thoroughly enjoyable none the less. Main star Saffron Burrows looks fit as the anti-heroine Dr Susan McAlester, […]
The Grass Is Greener *** (1960, Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, Robert Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 1455
Producer-director Stanley Donen’s 1960 release is a stagey but pleasing and enjoyable, old-style sub-Noel Coward drawing-room comedy of marital infidelity along the lines of Private Lives as Cary Grant’s marriage to Deborah Kerr is threatened by Jean Simmons […]
Grumpy Old Men *** (1993, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Buck Henry) – Classic Movie Review 1454
Director Donald Petrie’s 1993 romantic comedy is neither sharp nor witty, yet it’s appealing and often funny. It was exceedingly popular and spawned a sequel, Grumpier Old Men, in 1995. In older age, Jack Lemmon […]
Little Odessa **** (1994, Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Vanessa Redgrave) – Classic Movie Review 1453
Writer-director James Gray’s 1994 dysfunctional family drama is dark toned, chilly and depressing but highly impressive, both emotionally and visually. It is spurred along with a superb Tim Roth performance as Joshua, a cold-blooded Russian […]