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Happy Is the Bride *** (1958, Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Cecil Parker, Joyce Grenfell, Terry-Thomas, John le Mesurier, Eric Barker, Nicholas Parsons, Athene Seyler) – Classic Movie Review 8618

Director Roy Boulting’s 1957 British black and white comedy Happy Is the Bride is a whimsical, sweet but old-fashioned farce with interfering over-enthusiastic parents, family and friends rearranging the young couple David and Janet (Ian […]

Jun, 21 · in Reviews

Crazy/Beautiful ** (2001, Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Bruce Davison) – Classic Movie Review 8617

Director John Stockwell’s 2001 romantic drama Crazy/Beautiful stars Kirsten Dunst as spoilt rich high-school girl Nicole Oakley, who has a stormy relationship with a poor Latino lad Carlos Nuñez (Jay Hernandez) from the wrong side […]

Jun, 20 · in Reviews

Craze ** (1974, Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Edith Evans, Hugh Griffith, Trevor Howard, Michael Jayston, Suzy Kendall, Martin Potter) – Classic Movie Review 8616

Director Freddie Francis’s 1974 British horror movie Craze [The Infernal Idol] stars Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Edith Evans, Hugh Griffith, Trevor Howard, Michael Jayston, Suzy Kendall, and Martin Potter. The admirable American import […]

Jun, 20

Journey to Shiloh *** (1968, James Caan, Michael Sarrazin, Brenda Scott, Don Stroud, Paul Petersen, Michael Burns, Jan-Michael Vincent, Harrison Ford) – Classic Movie Review 8615

Journey to Shiloh was made by Universal Pictures, looking for Sixties youth appeal, but they threw it away as a support feature in May 1968. Yet, with its iconic actors, it retains its appeal, and […]

Jun, 20

Defiance *** (1980, Jan-Michael Vincent, Theresa Saldana, Art Carney, Danny Aiello) – Classic Movie Review 8614

Director John Flynn’s 1980 vigilante crime action thriller Defiance stars Jan-Michael Vincent as New York City merchant marine sailor-drifter Tommy, who goes the Charles Bronson route and defiantly takes on an entire gang of violent […]

Jun, 20

Tentacles ** (1977, John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda) – Classic Movie Review 8613

Director Oliver Hellman’s 1977 giant octopus/ killer whale horror thriller Tentacles [Tentacoli] is Italy’s daft, cheap-looking riposte to Jaws, in which a mutated huge octopus menaces a Californian beach resort. You really do not expect to […]

Jun, 19

The Girl Who Couldn’t Say No ** (1968, Virna Lisi, George Segal, Lila Kedrova, Akim Tamiroff) – Classic Movie Review 8612

Director Franco Brusati’s 1968 Italian comedy The Girl Who Couldn’t Say No [Il Suo Modo di Fare] [Tenderly] stars George Segal as the prim and proper Italian doctor Franco, who has love problems with his […]

Jun, 19

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