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Mame * (1974, Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Bea Arthur, Bruce Davison) – Classic Movie Review 9533

Director Gene Saks’s 1974 Mame is the way less than satisfactory movie of the all-time great Jerry Herman Broadway show, though even so it is a bit of a one-hit wonder – the title track […]

Mar, 20

The Four Just Men [The Secret Four] **** (1939, Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Francis L Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Anna Lee, Alan Napier, Basil Sydney) – Classic Movie Review 9532

Director Walter Forde’s 1939 British Ealing Studios black and white movie The Four Just Men [The Secret Four] is a spiffing film of Edgar Wallace’s famed spy thriller story about four righteous vigilante Brits (Hugh […]

Mar, 20

The Bushido Blade ** (1981, Richard Boone, Toshirô Mifune, Frank Converse, Mike Starr) – Classic Movie Review 9498

‘BUSHIDO means revenge – BUSHIDO means bloodshed – BUSHIDO means violent death!’ Director Tsugunobu [Tom] Kotani’s 19th-century-set Kung Fu action thriller The Bushido Blade [The Bloody Bushido Blade](1981) stars Richard Boone as Commodore Matthew Perry, […]

Mar, 12

The 6th Day * (2000, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn, Robert Duvall, Michael Rooker) – Classic Movie Review 9497

Director Roger Spottiswoode’s 2000 The 6th Day stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as pilot Adam Gibson, who comes home one night to find that he has been mistakenly replaced by his clone. He uncovers a deadly secret […]

Mar, 11

Ordinary Love ***** (2019, Lesley Manville, Liam Neeson, Amit Shah) – Movie Review

Lesley Manville is an absolute knockout as middle-aged English wife Joan, battling her breast cancer diagnosis, in the extraordinary 2019 drama Ordinary Love. Liam Neeson is tremendous in deeply loyal support of Manville, just as […]

Mar, 10

I Accuse! ** (1958, José Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors, Emlyn Williams, Leo Genn) – 2020 Classic Movie Review 9493

Director José Ferrer’s 1958 historical biographical drama I Accuse! tells the story of the 1894 Alfred Dreyfus treason case, in which the innocent Jewish French army captain is is falsely accused of spying for Germany […]

Mar, 10

Napoleon and Samantha *** (1972, Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Johnny Whitaker, Will Geer) – Classic Movie Review 9491

Director Bernard McEveety’s 1973 children’s movie Napoleon and Samantha stars youngsters Johnny Whitaker and Jodie Foster as 11-year old Napoleon and his friend Samantha, who take off with their best pal Major the Lion in […]

Mar, 09

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