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Hard Country *** (1981, Jan-Michael Vincent, Kim Basinger, Michael Parks) – Classic Movie Review 10,211

Director David Greene’s 1981 Hard Country stars Jan-Michael Vincent as a shiftless small town Texas drifter Kyle, a factory worker who falls for ambitious young Jodie (Kim Basinger) and becomes her boyfriend. But he just […]

Aug, 22

Hard Contract *** (1969, James Coburn, Lee Remick, Lilli Palmer, Burgess Meredith, Patrick Magee, Sterling Hayden, Helen Cherry, Karen Black) – Classic Movie Review 10,210

Writer-director S Lee Pogostin’s 1969 thriller Hard Contract stars James Coburn, who is ideally cast in a quintessential role as John Cunningham, the cold-blooded American assassin who goes to Europe for one last hit, but […]

Aug, 22

Grandview, USA *** (1984, Jamie Lee Curtis, C Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Troy Donahue, Jennifer Jason Leigh) – Classic Movie Review 10,209

Director Randal Klesier’s 1984 coming-of-age teen drama Grandview, USA stars C Thomas Howell as Tim Pearson, a fleeing 18-year-old school-leaver who arrives in the fictional Grandview in the Mid-West and meets older woman ‘Mike’ Cody […]

Aug, 21

Grandma’s Boy **** (1922, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend) – Classic Movie Review 10,208

Director Fred C Newmeyer’s 1922 Grandma’s Boy stars Harold Lloyd (for his first feature), who shines in his silent-comedy tale of grandma’s boy, a hopeless coward and country bumpkin (Lloyd, of course) whose grandpa (also […]

Aug, 21

Les Grandes Manoeuvres [Summer Manoeuvres] **** (1955, Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Jean Desailly, Yves Robert, Brigitte Bardot) – Classic Movie Review 10,207

Director René Clair’s enchanting, exquisitely handled pre-World War One romantic comedy-drama Les Grandes Manoeuvres [Summer Manoeuvres] (1955), haunted with tragic emotions, is set in a French provincial garrison town. There Le lieutenant Armand de la Verne […]

Aug, 21

The Woman in Black * (2012, Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciarán Hinds) – Classic Movie Review 10,205

The Woman in Black (2012) is an exceptionally dull and tame ghost story film that has little going for it apart from Daniel Radcliffe’s strong central performance. The Woman in Black (2012) is an exceptionally […]

Aug, 21

Cobb **** (1994, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich) – Classic Movie Review 10,204

Tommy Lee Jones scores as baseball’s greatest hitter, the game’s most feared and hated player, in writer-director Ron Shelton’s compelling 1995 sports biopic Cobb, based on the article and book by Al Stump. All-time baseball […]

Aug, 20

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