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The Challenge ** (1982, Scott Glenn, Toshirô Mifune, Donna Kei Benz, Atsuo Nakamura) – Classic Movie Review 8525
Director John Frankenheimer’s 1982 American-Japanese macho action movie The Challenge stars Scott Glenn as the down-and-out American boxer Rick, paid to take an inherited sword from the States to Japan and finding himself caught in […]
The Ambassador ** (1984 Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson, Donald Pleasence, Fabio Testi) – Classic Movie Review 8524
Elmore Leonard’s excellent 1974 novel 52 Pick-Up is reworked as J Lee Thompson’s watchable and entertaining 1984 political thriller The Ambassador starring Robert Mitchum as the American ambassador to Israel trying to solve the crisis […]
52 Pick-Up ** (1986, Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover, Robert Trebor, Lonny Chapman, Kelly Preston, Doug McClure) – Classic Movie Review 8523
Something is missing in director John Frankenheimer’s 1986 crime thriller film 52 Pick-Up – credibility, pace, wit and brevity for a start. The Cannon Group remake Elmore Leonard’s 1974 novel just 18 months after their […]
Dead Bang ** (1989, Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Bob Balaban) – Classic Movie Review 8522
Director John Frankenheimer’s hard-edged 1989 actual-life action crime drama Dead Bang stars Don Johnson as burnt-out LA homicide cop Jerry Beck, who uncovers a white supremacy gang while he is investigating the murder of a […]
Prophecy * (1979, Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante) – Classic Movie Review 8521
‘She Lives. Don’t Move. Don’t Breathe. She Will Find You.’ Unfortunately, the green-horror crossover genre has never been particularly successful, and director John Frankenheimer’s 1979 killer bear monster movie Prophecy is no exception. Ecology and […]
The Young Stranger **** (1957, James MacArthur, Kim Hunter, James Daly) – Classic Movie Review 8520
Tales of Fifties misunderstood youth were ten a penny, but director John Frankenheimer’s 1957 The Young Stranger is a first-class one in the best Rebel Without a Cause tradition, thanks to the playing of James […]
The Young Savages *** (1961, Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews, Shelley Winters) – Classic Movie Review 8519
Director John Frankenheimer’s second movie The Young Savages (following The Young Stranger in 1957) is a smartly handled, sincere courtroom drama with a lot of social conscience and a small slice of romance. Burt Lancaster […]
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- The History of Sound ** (2025, Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor, Chris Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 13,851
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