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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine **** (1936, Sylvia Sidney, Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda, Fred Stone, Nigel Bruce, Beulah Bondi, Robert Barrat, Fuzzy Knight) – Classic Movie Review 9010

Director Henry Hathaway’s compelling 1936 romantic adventure drama The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is based on the novel by John Fox Jr and stars Sylvia Sidney, Fred MacMurray and Henry Fonda. It is Paramount’s […]

Oct, 23 · in Reviews

Winter Kills ** (1979, Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins) – Classic Movie Review 9,009

Jeff Bridges, John Huston and Anthony Perkins head an eccentric all-star cast in writer-director William Richert’s wild and baffling 1979 satirical black comedy paranoia political thriller Winter Kills about a presidential assassination. As written and directed […]

Oct, 22 · in Reviews

Slipstream *** (1989, Mark Hamill, Bob Peck, Bill Paxton, Kitty Aldridge, Eleanor David, Robbie Coltrane) – Classic Movie Review 9008

Director Steven M Lisberger’s British shot 1989 science-fiction adventure Slipstream stars Mark Hamill as bearded bounty hunter Will Tasker, who chases murderous android fugitive Byron (Bob Peck), in Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz’s thoughtful sci-fi […]

Oct, 22

Hornets’ Nest [Il Vespaio] ** (1970, Rock Hudson, Sylva Koscina, Sergio Fantoni) – Classic Movie Review 9007

Director Phil Karlson’s 1970 Hornets’ Nest [Il Vespaio] stars Rock Hudson as sole surviving American paratrooper captain Turner, who leads the bunch of Italian orphans who have saved him in blowing up a crucial Nazi […]

Oct, 22

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef *** (1953, Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 9006

Director Robert D Webb’s 1953 adventure Beneath the 12-Mile Reef stars the young and innocent-looking Robert Wagner and Terry Moore as a latter-day Romeo and Juliet, brightening up an early CinemaScope tale of love, hate […]

Oct, 22

Hope and Glory ***** (1987, Sarah Miles, Susan Wooldridge, Ian Bannen, David Hayman, Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Derrick O’Connor, Jean-Marc Barr) – Classic Movie Review 9005

The 1987 British nostalgic wartime comedy drama Hope and Glory is a wonderful, warmest-hearted trip down memory lane as John Boorman writes, produces and directs this semi-autobiographical account of World War Two, as seen through […]

Oct, 22

Alfred the Great ** (1969, David Hemmings, Michael York, Prunella Ransome, Colin Blakely, Julian Glover, Ian McKellen, Alan Dobie, Peter Vaughan) – Classic Movie Review 9,004

David Hemmings stars as Alfred, who defeats the invading Danes, led by King Guthrum (Michael York), in the wobbly 1969 British historical epic film Alfred the Great. The ninth-century tale of Alfred the Great (849 […]

Oct, 21

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