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Nearly a Nasty Accident ** (1961, Jimmy Edwards, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton, Richard Wattis, Ronnie Stevens, Jon Pertwee, Eric Barker, Peter Jones, Jack Watling, Joyce Carey, Terry Scott) – Classic Movie Review 8343

Director Don Chaffey’s 1961 Nearly a Nasty Accident is a welcome if routine and very mild British comedy, based on a play called Touch Wood by David Carr, about a meek-mannered National Serviceman aircraft mechanic (Kenneth […]

Apr, 08 · in Reviews

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment * (1985, Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf) – Classic Movie Review 8342

Director Jerry Paris’s 1985 comedy Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment is a mostly unfunny sequel to the 1984 hit Police Academy that sees the gang now graduated from the Police Academy and issued with […]

Apr, 07 · in Reviews

Police Academy 3: Back in Training ** (1986, Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey) – Classic Movie Review 8341

The topical theme of budget cutbacks threatening the closure of the academy is a solid enough base for director Jerry Paris’s 1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training, the rickety second sequel to the 1984 […]

Apr, 07

The Nebraskan ** (1953, Philip Carey, Roberta Haynes, Wallace Ford, Richard Webb, Lee Van Cleef, Maurice Jara, Regis Toomey, Jay Silverheels) – Classic Movie Review 8340

Director Fred F Sears’s 1953 Columbia Western movie The Nebraskan stars Philip Carey [Phil Carey] as US Army frontier scout Wade Harper, who makes friends with an Indian comrade Wingfoot (Maurice Jara) while on a […]

Apr, 07

Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach * (1988, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, George Gaynes, Matt McCoy) – Classic Movie Review 8339

Director Alan Myerson’s painful 1988 comedy Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach again stars George Gaynes as Commandant Eric Lassard, who goes to Miami to pick up an award (not an Academy Award!) from the […]

Apr, 07

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege * (1989, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, G W Bailey, George Gaynes) – Classic Movie Review 8338

Director Peter Bonerz’s 1989 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege is a formulaic rerun of previous episodes of a series that has long since lost its ability to charm or raise its share of laughs. […]

Apr, 07

The Sisters Brothers [Les Frères Sisters] **** (2018, John C Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed) – Movie Review

John C Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix get rewarding roles as killer brothers Eli and Charlie Sisters, who hunt down gold prospector Hermann Kermit Warm (Riz Ahmed) and his surprise ally John Morris (Jake Gyllenhaal), who was […]

Apr, 06

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