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- Recoil *** (1953, Kieron Moore, Elizabeth Sellars, Edward Underdown) – Classic Movie Review 13,840
- Straight Up *** (2019, James Sweeney, Katie Findlay, Dana Drori, James Scully, Tracie Thoms, Betsy Brandt, Randall Park) – Classic Movie Review 13,839
- Twinless **** (2025, Dylan O’Brien, James Sweeney, Aisling Franciosi) – Classic Movie Review 13,838
- Phantom Killer ** (1942, Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, John Hamilton, Warren Hymer) – Classic Movie Review 13,837
- The Sphinx ** (1933, Lionel Atwill, Sheila Terry, Theodore Newton) – Classic Movie Review 13,836
- Being Charlie **** (2015, Nick Robinson, Cary Elwes, Common, Devon Bostick, Morgan Saylor, Susan Misner, Ricardo Chavira) – Classic Movie Review 13,835
- The Last Crooked Mile *** (1946, Don Barry, Ann Savage, Adele Mara, Tom Powers, Sheldon Leonard, Nestor Paiva) – Classic Movie Review 13,834
- The Valley of Decision ** (1945, Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore, Donald Crisp, Preston Foster, Gladys Cooper, Marsha Hunt, Reginald Owen, Dan Duryea, Jessica Tandy, Barbara Everest, Marshall Thompson, Dean Stockwell) – Classic Movie Review 13,832
- What We Have [Ce qu’on a] *** (2014, Maxime Desmons, Jean-Michel Le Gal, Alex Ozerov-Meyer, Roberta Maxwell, Kristen Thomson, Marie-Eve Perron) – Classic Movie Review 13,831
- Red Yellow Pink *** (2020, David Paul, Agnieszka Salamon, Wojciech Galzinski, Adrian Koszewski) – Classic Movie Review 13,830
Phantasm *** (1979, Angus Scrimm, A Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister) – Classic Movie Review 3275
The 6′ 4″ evil screen villain Angus Scrimm (aka Lawrence Rory Guy), most famous as The Tall Man in Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm (1979) and its sequels, died at the age of 89 on January 9, 2016. His […]
World War Z **** (2013, Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, Matthew Fox, David Morse, Peter Capaldi, James Badge Dale) – Movie Review
A real novelty – a zombie film made on a vast $190 million budget – produces an astounding-looking production, a mega star in Brad Pitt, and a lot of tension, scares and entertainment value. Director […]
Thérèse Desqueyroux **** (2012, Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier, Catherine Arditi, Isabelle Sadoyan) – Movie Review
Made while he was already ill with cancer, the late Claude Miller never puts a foot wrong in his last film, an exquisitely done adaptation of the 1927 tragic novel by François Mauriac. Boldly and […]
After Earth ** (2013, Jaden Smith, David Denman, Will Smith, Sophie Okonedo) – Movie Review
Father son team Will Smith and Jaden Smith lead M Night Shyamalan’s critically bashed box office flop. As feared after its poor American box office, After Earth is a dull, plodding showcase for the eager-to-please, […]
The Iceman **** (2012, Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, James Franco, Winona Ryder, David Schwimmer, John Ventimiglia, Robert Davi, Stephen Dorff, Ray Liotta) – Movie Review
The true-life story of an infamous contract killer of the 60s, 70s and 80s, The Iceman sears the screen with an agonising sharp slash. It recalls GoodFellas, not only because Ray Liotta stars again, and that’s […]
009 Re: Cyborg **** (2012, voices of Gregory Abbey, Saeko Akiho, JB Blanc) – Movie Review
Get your 3D glasses on for writer-director Kenji Kamiyama’s exquisitely designed, stunning-looking and often truly exciting and provocative anime adventure. It may not please all the regular crowd, and its crazy storyline might be baffling, […]
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone – Film Review
In 2012, film director Shane Meadows (This Is England) is called up by Stone Roses singer Ian Brown to tell him his favourite band are getting back together. He says: ‘I hope you’re going to […]