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Theorem [Teorema] ***½ (1968, Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti, Laura Betti, Anne Wiazemsky, Ninetto Davoli) – Classic Movie Review 2,269

Pier Paolo Pasolini casts young Terence Stamp effectively as a good-looking stranger who satisfies all the members of a wealthy Milan family in his 1968 Italian poetic drama film Theorem [Teorema]. Director Pier Paolo Pasolini […]

Mar, 15 · in Reviews

Poor Cow ***** (1967, Carol White, Terence Stamp, John Bindon, Kate Williams, Queenie Watts) – Classic Movie Review 2268

Co-writer/director Ken Loach makes his ground-breaking and eye-catching feature movie début filming Nell Dunn’s novel in 1967. Restored and re-released in 2016, it comes up devastatingly fresh – incisive, poignant and funny too. Carol White triumphs […]

Mar, 15 · in Reviews

Modesty Blaise *** (1966, Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Clive Revill) – Classic Movie Review 2,267

Sixties iconic beautiful people Monica Vitti as comic book heroine Modesty Blaise and Terence Stamp as her sidekick Willie Garvin are effective and amusing, though outshone by outrageously camp turns from Dirk Bogarde and Clive […]

Mar, 15

For Pete’s Sake *** (1974, Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons) – Classic Movie Review 2266

Director Peter Yates’s frothy 1974 comedy is one of Barbra Streisand’s least substantial movies but it’s still likeable, light-hearted and fun. It pairs her with the equally likeable, light-weight Michael Sarrazin. Then and now, there’s […]

Mar, 14

Billy Budd **** (1962, Terence Stamp, Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas) – Classic Movie Review 2,265

Peter Ustinov’s impressive and graceful 1962 British historical drama film Billy Budd stars Oscar nominated young Terence Stamp in arguably his finest performance as the beautiful, blond seaman falsely accused of conspiring to mutiny. ‘The […]

Mar, 14

Another Thin Man **** (1939, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, Ruth Hussey) – Classic Movie Review 2264

The bubbly 1939 comedy detective thriller film Another Thin Man is another enjoyable Thin Man mystery, the third in the MGM six-movie franchise, based on Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op story The Farewell Murder. Director W […]

Mar, 14

After the Thin Man **** (1936, William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 2263

The story for the 1936 sequel film After the Thin Man is specially written by legendary Dashiell Hammett, based on his sleuth characters of Nick and Nora in his 1934 novel The Thin Man but […]

Mar, 14

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