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Freedom Is Paradise [S.E.R. – Svoboda eto rai] **** (1989, Volodya Kozyrev, Sergei Bodrov Jr, Aleksandr Bureyev, Svetlana Gaytan) – Classic Movie Review 9,162

Volodya Kozyrev stars in the 1989 Soviet Union film Freedom Is Paradise as Sasha, a 13-year-old Russian boy who longs for freedom from his state-run reform school for troubled children. Volodya Kozyrev stars in the […]

Dec, 16

Harlem Nights * (1989, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello, Michael Lerner, Della Reese) – Classic Movie Review 9158

Writer-executive producer-director-star Eddie Murphy’s 1989 Thirties gangster movie Harlem Nights is a very handsome-looking film, produced on opulent sets, with a terrific score by Herbie Hancock and soundtrack by Duke Ellington, and charismatic acting from […]

Dec, 15

Of Human Hearts *** (1938, Walter Huston, James Stewart, Beulah Bondi) – Classic Movie Review 9157

MGM’s 1938 emotional celebration of America and family life Of Human Hearts is set in an Ohio town during the American Civil War, and stars James Stewart as Jason Wilkins, the wayward son of poor […]

Dec, 14

Of Human Bondage * (1964, Laurence Harvey, Kim Novak, Nanette Newman, Roger Livesey, Jack Hedley, Robert Morley) – Classic Movie Review 9156

Henry Hathaway began the direction, and the film’s screen-writer Bryan Forbes took over for one week (uncredited), and then Ken Hughes took over as rescue to finish the shooting of the 1964 third film version […]

Dec, 14

The Odessa File *** (1974, Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell) – Classic Movie Review 9,146

A well-cast Jon Voight scored a big hit in the 1974 Frederick Forsyth thriller film The Odessa File about a German reporter on the trail of neo-Nazis. Director Ronald Neame’s 1974 The Odessa File stars […]

Dec, 11

The High Command *** (1937, Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, Steven Geray, James Mason) – Classic Movie Review 9144

Director Thorold Dickinson’s 1937 British drama The High Command stars Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, Steven Geray and the young James Mason, who catches the eye as Captain Heverell, a British officer involved in army intrigue, […]

Dec, 10

Chandu on the Magic Island *** (1935, Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Clara Kimball Young) – Classic Movie Review 9137

In 1935, the last eight episodes of the 1934 American 12-episode fantasy film serial The Return of Chandu were edited into a second feature film of 65 minutes, released as Chandu on the Magic Island. Written […]

Dec, 08

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