Recent Posts
- The Replacement Killers *** (1998, Chow Yun-fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Kenneth Tsang, Jürgen Prochnow, Til Schweiger, Danny Trejo, Clifton Collins Jr, Carlos Gomez) – Classic Movie Review 13,970
- Coyote Ugly *** (2000, Piper Perabo, John Goodman, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Izabella Miko, Melanie Lynskey, Bridget Moynahan, Tyra Banks, LeAnn Rimes, Bud Cort) – Classic Movie Review 13,969
- Shadow of Fear *** (1964, Paul Maxwell, Clare Owen, Anita West, Alan Tilvern, John Arnatt, Eric Pohlmann, Reginald Marsh, John Sutton, Anthony Wager, Colin Tapley) – Classic Movie Review 13,968
- Race Street **** (1948, George Raft, Marilyn Maxwell, William Bendix, Frank Faylen, Harry Morgan, Gale Robbins) – Classic Movie Review 13,967
- Swamp Fire ** (1946, Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe, Virginia Grey, Carol Thurston) – Classic Movie Review 13,966
- Dangerous Partners *** (1945, James Craig, Signe Hasso, Edmund Gwenn, Audrey Totter, Warner Anderson, Felix Bressart, Mabel Paige, John Warburton, Henry O’Neill, Grant Withers) – Classic Movie Review 13,965
- A Dangerous Profession **** (1949, George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O’Brien, Jim Backus, Bill Williams, Roland Winters) – Classic Movie Review 13,964
- Bad Girl **** (1931, Sally Eilers, James Dunn, Minna Gombell, William Pawley, Frank Darien) – Classic Movie Review 13,963
- Pick-Up *** (1933, Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, William Harrigan) – Classic Movie Review 13,962
- Mr Ace *** (1946, George Raft, Sylvia Sidney, Stanley Ridges, Sara Haden, Jerome Cowan, Sid Silvers) – Classic Movie Review 13,961
Reviews
House of Numbers ** (1957, Jack Palance, Barbara Lang) – Classic Movie Review 12,237
Jack Palance stars in the 1957 film noir House of Numbers, in which twin brothers — one jailed for murder, the other law-abiding — embark on a risky scheme to swap places and engineer an […]
The Ten Commandments **** (1923, Theodore Roberts, Richard Dix, Rod La Rocque, Charles de Roche, Estelle Taylor, Edythe Chapman, Leatrice Joy, Nita Naldi, Agnes Ayres) – Classic Movie Review 12,236
Cecil B DeMille’s 1923 American silent religious epic film The Ten Commandments is told in two parts: the biblical story of the Exodus and a modern story of two brothers (Richard Dix, Rod La Rocque). Director Cecil B DeMille’s sprawling 1923 silent […]
The Cry of the Owl *** (2009, Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, Karl Pruner, James Gilbert, Caroline Dhavernas) – Classic Movie Review 12,235
Director Jamie Thraves’s 2009 psychological crime thriller film The Cry of the Owl is a really rather satisfactory English language remake of Claude Chabrol’s 1987 French film Le Crie du Hibou, adapting Patricia Highsmith’s 1962 […]
The Walking Target *** (1960, Joan Evans, Ronald Foster, Merry Anders) – Classic Movie Review 12,234
Edward L Cahn’s strong and solid 1960 B-movie crime thriller film The Walking Target is one of the last film noirs. It stars Joan Evans, Ronald Foster, and Merry Anders. Ronald Foster pays Nick Harbin, […]
Forbidden *** (1949, Douglass Montgomery, Hazel Court, Patricia Burke) – Classic Movie Review 12,233
Douglass Montgomery stars with Hazel Court and Patricia Burke in the 1949 British black and white melodrama thriller film Forbidden [Scarlet Heaven]. American film actor Douglass Montgomery stars with English actresses Hazel Court and Patricia […]
Nasty Habits ** (1977, Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, Anne Jackson, Rip Torn, Susan Penhaligon) – Classic Movie Review 12,232
The 1977 British satirical comedy film Nasty Habits is based on Muriel Spark’s novel The Abbess of Crewe, and is an amusing satire of the Watergate scandal. Glenda Jackson is especially fine as the Abby’s […]
Le cri du hibou [The Cry of the Owl] **** (1987, Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Virginie Thévenet, Jean-Pierre Kalfon) – Classic Movie Review 12,231
Director Claude Chabrol’s suspenseful 1987 French-Italian psychological crime thriller film Le cri du hibou [The Cry of the Owl] is adapted from the 1962 novel The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith, and stars Christophe […]