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
Scandal Sheet *** (1931, George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Clive Brook, Regis Toomey) – Classic Movie Review 11,912
‘Editor’s wife caught in love nest raid’. ‘Drunk with the power of his ruthless press he blasted hopes and blighted homes… till fate stamped out his only spark of love.’ Director John Cromwell’s 1931 Paramount […]
Cariani and the Courtesans *** (1987, Paul McGann, Lucy Hancock, Clive Merrison, Michael Gough, Diana Quick, Simon Callow) – Classic Movie Review 11,911
Writer-director Leslie Megahey’s 1987 BBC2 TV film Cariani and the Courtesans stars Paul McGann, Lucy Hancock, Clive Merrison, Michael Gough, Diana Quick and Simon Callow. Charles Gray narrates an exquisitely shot tale of art and intrigue, […]
Cargo to Capetown ** (1950, Broderick Crawford, Ellen Drew, John Ireland, Edgar Buchanan, Ted de Corsia) – Classic Movie Review 11,909
Director Earl McEvoy’s 1950 American Columbia Pictures black and white crime film noir Cargo to Capetown has a good star crew aboard with Broderick Crawford, Ellen Drew, John Ireland, Edgar Buchanan and Ted de Corsia. […]
Scout *** (1987, Ray McAnally, Stephen Rea, Colin Connor) – Classic Movie Review 11,908
The 1987 British TV film Scout is highly promising early work by Danny Boyle that clearly shows the way for the career that was to come, starring the late, much lamented Ray McAnally as a […]
Bury Me Dead *** (1947, Cathy O’Donnell, June Lockhart, Hugh Beaumont, Mark Daniels) – Classic Movie Review 11,907
Director Bernard Vorhaus’s 1947 American film noir Bury Me Dead is a preposterous, but very decently plotted and more than acceptably acted little mystery thriller, with a wealthy heroine called Barbara Carlin (June Lockhart), who understandably wants […]
A Perfect Spy *** (1987, Peter Egan, Ray McAnally, Peggy Ashcroft, Sarah Badel, Jane Booker, Alan Howard, Benedict Taylor, Rüdiger Weigang) – Classic Movie Review 11,906
Director Peter Smith’s 1987 mini-series A Perfect Spy finds Peter Egan starring as British MI6 spy Magnus Pym in the third and final part of the BBC’s classic dramatisation of John le Carré’s famous spy yarns. […]
The Perfect Specimen **½ (1937, Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Edward Everett Horton, May Robson) – Classic Movie Review 11,905
The Perfect Specimen (1937) is Errol Flynn’s first comedy. Director Michael Curtiz’s 1937 comedy The Perfect Specimen is vintage-era screwball fun with Errol Flynn unexpectedly cast outside his comfort zone as Gerald Wicks, a wealthy […]