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A Midnight Clear **** (1992, Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Frank Whaley, John C McGinley) – Classic Movie Review 9611

Writer-director Keith Gordon’s 1992 war drama A Midnight Clear is a moving anti-war tale adapted from William (Birdy) Wharton’s novel by director Gordon, filming in City Park, Utah, ironically during the Gulf War. It tells […]

Apr, 07

Goodbye, My Fancy * (1951, Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Frank Lovejoy) – Classic Movie Review 9609

Director Vincent Sherman’s 1951 Goodbye, My Fancy stars Joan Crawford, who is miscast in Madeleine Carroll’s stage role in Fay Kanin’s play, as Agatha Reed, a US Congress woman in a love tussle with old […]

Apr, 06

The Midnight Man *** (1974, Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 9608

Burt Lancaster stars in the 1974 murder mystery thriller The Midnight Man as Jim Slade, an ex-homicide-cop, released from jail after shooting his wife and lover, who becomes mixed up in a student girl’s murder […]

Apr, 06

The Food of the Gods * (1976, Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Ida Lupino, Jon Cypher) – Classic Movie Review 9570

Writer-director Bert I Gordon’s 1976 low-budget exploitation quickie The Food of the Gods is a silly, gooey chiller, adapted from an H G Wells story, about gunge from the ground that creates monsters of insects […]

Mar, 28

Un Condamné à Mort S’est Échappé [A Man Escaped] ***** (1956, François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock) – Classic Movie Review 9554

Director Robert Bresson’s 1956 French film Un Condamné à Mort S’est Échappé ou Le Vent Souffle où il Veut [A Man Escaped] is the brilliantly made, stark, true story of a captured French Resistance fighter, […]

Mar, 24

Juste avant la nuit [Just Before Nightfall] **** (1971, Michel Bouquet, Stéphane Audran, François Périer, Jean Carmet, Celia, Clelia Matania) – Classic Movie Review 9553

The 1971 French movie Juste Avant la Nuit [Just Before Nightfall] is a resonant, meticulously made, richly satisfying Claude Chabrol psychological crime thriller. Michel Bouquet stars as the slimy and pathetic advertising executive Charles Masson, […]

Mar, 24

The Magic Christian *** (1969, Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Isabel Jeans) – Classic Movie Review 9552

Director Joseph McGrath’s eccentric 1969 satirical comedy The Magic Christian stars Peter Sellers as a millionaire called Sir Guy Grand and Ringo Starr as the homeless boy Youngman, the son he adopts to be his heir, […]

Mar, 23

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