Recent Posts
- Town Tamer *** (1965, Dana Andrews, Terry Moore, Pat O’Brien, Lon Chaney Jr, Bruce Cabot, Lyle Bettger, Richard Arlen) – Classic Movie Review 14,014
- Black Spurs ** (1965, Rory Calhoun, Linda Darnell, Terry Moore, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney Jr, James Best, Richard Arlen, Bruce Cabot, Patricia Owens, James Brown, DeForest Kelley) – Classic Movie Review 14,013
- Young Fury ** (1965, Rory Calhoun, Virginia Mayo, William Bendix, Lon Chaney Jr, Richard Arlen, John Agar) – Classic Movie Review 14,012
- Stage to Thunder Rock ** (1964, Barry Sullivan, Marilyn Maxwell, Lon Chaney Jr, Scott Brady, John Agar, Keenan Wynn, Allan Jones, Robert Lowery, Anne Seymour, Wanda Hendrix, Ralph Taeger) – Classic Movie Review 14,011
- Law of the Lawless *** (1964, Dale Robertson, Yvonne De Carlo and William Bendix) – Classic Movie Review 14,010
- Warpath *** (1951, Edmond O’Brien, Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker, Harry Carey Jr, Wallace Ford, Polly Bergen, James Millican, Paul Fix) – Classic Movie Review 14,009
- A Weekend with Lulu ** (1961, Bob Monkhouse, Leslie Phillips, Alfred Marks, Shirley Eaton, Irene Handl, Sid James, Sydney Tafler, Kenneth Connor, Graham Stark, Eugene Deckers) – Classic Movie Review 14,007
- Dream Boy *** (2008, Stephan Bender, Max Roeg, Thomas Jay Ryan, Diana Scarwid, Tom Gilroy, Randy Wayne, Owen Beckman, Rooney Mara, Rickie Lee Jones, Nick Ericson) – Classic Movie Review 14,006
- Seven Lucky Gods *** (2014, Nik Xhelilaj, Christopher Villiers, Vernon Dobtcheff, Alison Peebles, Kate Maravan, Alexandra Boyd) – Classic Movie Review 14,005
- Heartstopper Forever **½ (2026, Joe Locke, Kit Connor, William Gao) – Classic Movie Review 14,004
The Cry of the Owl *** (2009, Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, Karl Pruner) – Classic Movie Review 3550
Director Jamie Thraves also writes the screenplay of this intriguing 2009 thriller, adapting the novel by Patricia Highsmith that had already provided a most satisfying movie version in 1987 from masterly Claude Chabrol, The Cry of the […]
The Cry of the Owl [Le cri du hibou] **** (1987, Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Virginie Thévenet, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Agnès Denèfle) – Classic Movie Review 3549
Director Claude Chabrol’s suspenseful 1987 version of the Patricia Highsmith book is the usual civilised pleasure from him. It is properly dour, dark and brooding in the Highsmith tradition, with an ironic sense of black humour, faithful to the […]
Indian Uprising ** (1952, George Montgomery, Audrey Long, Carl Benton Reid) – Classic Movie Review 3548
Forties Hollywood leading lady Audrey Long plays Norma Clemson in her final film in 1952, after which she retired at the age of 30, having made around 30 low-budget Westerns and film noir thrillers, including […]
Shampoo ** (1975, Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, George Furth, Tony Bill) – Classic Movie Review 3547
Director Hal Ashby proves out of his depth with farce in this 1975 comedy but still great with actors and lots of good performances lift the smug, self-congratulatory and smutty screenplay. Naturally, of course, Warren […]
Storm Fear *** (1955, Cornel Wilde, Dan Duryea, Jean Wallace, Lee Grant, Steven Hill) – Classic Movie Review 3,546
Cornel Wilde’s low-budget 1955 black and white film noir thriller Storm Fear is mean and moody. The screenplay is by double Oscar-winning script-writer Horton Foote. Cornel Wilde, Lee Grant and Steven Hill star in the low-budget […]
Desperate Search *** (1952, Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Patricia Medina, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 3544
Cult director Joseph H Lewis’s moderate low-budget 1952 adventure drama thriller stars Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Patricia Medina and Keenan Wynn. It all starts when a Canadian Western Airways Douglas DC-3 airliner takes off from Vancouver but catches […]
Destiny [Der Müde Tod] **** (1921, Lil Dagover, Rudolph Klein-Rogge, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke) – Classic Movie Review 3545
Lil Dagover, Rudolph Klein-Rogge and Walter Janssen star in this stylish early Fritz Lang 1921 sci-fi silent movie. In the story and screenplay by Thea von Harbou and Lang, a young couple stop over at a village inn, […]
Search
Recent Review
- Town Tamer *** (1965, Dana Andrews, Terry Moore, Pat O’Brien, Lon Chaney Jr, Bruce Cabot, Lyle Bettger, Richard Arlen) – Classic Movie Review 14,014
- Black Spurs ** (1965, Rory Calhoun, Linda Darnell, Terry Moore, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney Jr, James Best, Richard Arlen, Bruce Cabot, Patricia Owens, James Brown, DeForest Kelley) – Classic Movie Review 14,013
- Young Fury ** (1965, Rory Calhoun, Virginia Mayo, William Bendix, Lon Chaney Jr, Richard Arlen, John Agar) – Classic Movie Review 14,012
- Stage to Thunder Rock ** (1964, Barry Sullivan, Marilyn Maxwell, Lon Chaney Jr, Scott Brady, John Agar, Keenan Wynn, Allan Jones, Robert Lowery, Anne Seymour, Wanda Hendrix, Ralph Taeger) – Classic Movie Review 14,011
- Law of the Lawless *** (1964, Dale Robertson, Yvonne De Carlo and William Bendix) – Classic Movie Review 14,010
@wpshower
Feeds
Susbscribe to our awesome Blog Feed or Comments Feed