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Journey’s End **** (1930, Colin Clive, Ian Maclaren, David Manners) – Classic Movie Review 3043

Journey’s End (1930) was a huge success and launched the film careers of James Whale and Colin Clive, who stayed on in America to make Frankenstein (1931) together. Debut film director James Whale’s 1930 early […]

Nov, 08 · in Reviews

Welcome to Sarajevo *** (1997, Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei) – Classic Movie Review 3042

The story of ITN newsman Michael Nicholson is re-told in director Michael Winterbottom’s complex, hard-hitting 1997 movie take on the conflict in Bosnia. Stephen Dillane exudes earnest propriety as the British TV journalist (slightly fictionalised […]

Nov, 07 · in Uncategorized

Frauds *** (1993, Phil Collins, Hugo Weaving, Josephine Byrnes) – Classic Movie Review 3041

Writer-director Stephan Elliott’s 1993 Avengers-style fantasy comedy crime thriller stars a slightly struggling Phil Collins as Roland Copping, a sadistic insurance investigator who gets his kicks from manipulating people’s lives with outrageous games and gimmicks. He […]

Nov, 07

Eye of the Cat *** (1969, Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunnicutt, Eleanor Parker) – Classic Movie Review 3,040

The suspenseful 1969 chiller Eye of the Cat stars Michael Sarrazin as a young cat hater who teams up with a beauty-parlour girl (Gayle Hunnicutt) to bump off his rich aunt cat lady (Eleanor Parker) […]

Nov, 07

September **** (1987, Denholm Elliott, Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Sam Waterston, Jack Warden) – Classic Movie Review 3,039

Woody Allen’s powerful 1987 psychological drama film September finds six people (Denholm Elliott, Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Sam Waterston, Jack Warden) trying to deal with their loves, paranoias and anxieties at a weekend […]

Nov, 07

The Serpent’s Kiss *** (1997, Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite, Greta Scacchi, Richard E Grant) – Classic Movie Review 3038

Director Philippe Rousselot’s subtle and intriguing 1997 film stars Ewan McGregor as young Dutch landscape architect Meneer Chrome, who arrives at the remote British stately home of Thomas Smithers (Pete Postlethwaite) and his wife Juliana […]

Nov, 07

Rogues of Sherwood Forest *** (1950, John Derek, George Macready, Alan Hale, Billy House, Billy Bevan, Diana Lynn, Paul Cavanagh, Lowell Gilmore, Lester Matthews) – Classic Movie Review 3037

In 1950 a young and dashing John Derek (later the husband of Bo Derek) played Robin Hood’s son, also Robin, the Earl of Huntington, battling King John over the Magna Carta in this sturdy, action-packed […]

Nov, 07

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