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The House Across the Lake [Heat Wave] *** (1954, Alex Nicol, Hillary Brooke, Sidney James) – Classic Movie Review 9193

Writer-director Ken Hughes’s 1954 British Hammer Films black and white film noir triangle suspense crime drama The House Across the Lake [Heat Wave] is filmed and set in England, and stars Alex Nicol and Hillary […]

Dec, 27

Critic’s Choice *** (1963, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell, Rip Torn, Jessie Royce Landis, Jim Backus, Marie Windsor, John Dehner) – Classic Movie Review 9,191

The 1963 American comedy film Critic’s Choice is based on the 1960 Broadway play by Ira Levin, and teams Bob Hope and Lucille Ball for the fourth and last time. Director Don Weis’s 1963 American comedy film Critic’s […]

Dec, 26

Crocodile Dundee II ** (1988, Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon) – Classic Movie Review 9190

Director John Cornell’s 1988 action adventure comedy Crocodile Dundee II again stars Paul Hogan as laidback man from the Aussie Outback Michael ‘Mick’ ‘Crocodile’ Dundee, who returns with more of the same amiable, easy-going comedy, […]

Dec, 26

Penny Gold * (1973, James Booth, Francesca Annis, Nicky Henson, Una Stubbs, Sue Lloyd, Joss Ackland) – Classic Movie Review 9186

Director Jack Cardiff’s 1973 Penny Gold has a very friendly cast to recommend it, but it is a creaky old Seventies British thriller about a dead woman’s evil twin sister (Francesca Annis) being involved in a […]

Dec, 23

Souls at Sea **** (1937, Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee) – Classic Movie Review 9182

‘Men Against The Sea! Stark Drama No Fiction Can Equal!’ Producer-director Henry Hathaway’s 1937 Souls at Sea is a popular Gary Cooper high seas action adventure about the American navy battling slave traders in the […]

Dec, 22

The Emperor and the Assassin [Jing Ke ci Qin Wang] **** (1998, Li Gong, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Li Xuejian) – Classic Movie Review 9178

Director Chen Kaige’s dazzling, rivetingly compelling, exquisitely made 1998 Chinese period drama The Emperor and the Assassin [Jing Ke ci Qin Wang] is set in the 3rd century BC and chronicles the efforts of an […]

Dec, 21

The Courier ** (2019, Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Dermot Mulroney, William Moseley, Amit Shah) – Movie Review

Director Zackary Adler’s 2019 action thriller film The Courier stars Olga Kurylenko as a London courier who finds one of her packages is a bomb. It also stars Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, Alicia Agneson, William Moseley and Dermot […]

Dec, 16

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