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- The Class [Entre Les Murs] **** (2008, Stars François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio) – Classic Movie Review 12,860
- George Washington Slept Here *** (1942, Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Percy Kilbride, Charles Coburn, Hattie McDaniel, William Tracy, Lee Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 12,859
- The Great Victor Herbert *** (1939, Walter Connolly, Allan Jones, Mary Martin, Susanna Foster, Lee Bowman) – Classic Movie Review 12,858
- Undertow [Contracorriente] **** (2009, Cristian Mercado, Manolo Cardona, Tatiana Astengo) – Classic Movie Review 12,857
- Problemista *** (2024, Tilda Swinton, Julio Torres, Ronald Peet, Kelly McCormack, Paul Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 12,856
- Alex Strangelove *** (2018, Daniel Doheny, Antonio Marziale, Madeline Weinstein) – Classic Movie Review 12,855
- Viharsarok [Land of Storms] *** (2014, András Sütö, Ádám Varga, Sebastian Urzendowsky) – Classic Movie Review 12,854
- The Normal Heart **** (2014, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina, Joe Mantello, Jonathan Groff, Julia Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 12,853
- Concrete Night [Betoniyö] *** (2013, Johannes Brotherus, Jari Virman, Anneli Karppinen, Juhan Ulfsak) – Classic Movie Review 12,852
- The Snorkel *** (1958, Peter Van Eyck, Betta St John, Mandy Miller, William Franklyn, Grégoire Aslan) – Classic Movie Review 12,851
Parachute Jumper *** (1933, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Bette Davis, Leo Carrillo, Claire Dodd, Frank McHugh) – Classic Movie Review 6,852
The better than routine 1933 Warner Bros aviation-themed adventure film Parachute Jumper is given pizzazz by the charismatic combination of Douglas Fairbanks Jr as the parachute jumper, Leo Carrillo as a mobster and Bette Davis […]
Ex-Lady *** (1933, Bette Davis, Gene Raymond, Frank McHugh) – Classic Movie Review 6851
Warner Bros revamp their 1931 hit Illicit as a pre-Motion Picture Production Code vehicle for the young and vibrant Bette Davis, who grabs hold of her first starring role by the scruff of its neck […]
Unsane ** (2018, Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Amy Irving, Polly McKie, Juno Temple, Sarah Stiles, Matt Damon) – Movie Review
Stockport-born Claire Foy stars as Boston woman Sawyer Valentini, who has relocated 400 miles away to get away from mom (Amy Irving) and start a new job, but is apparently falling to pieces. Maybe she has […]
The Traveling Executioner [The Travelling Executioner] ** (1970, Stacy Keach, Marianna Hill, Bud Cort) – Classic Movie Review 6850
Producer-director Jack Smight’s 1970 thriller stars Stacy Keach, who brings a little distinction to this weird, macabre entertainment about ex-carny Jonas Candide (Keach), an operator of a portable electric chair in 1918. Marianna Hill co-stars […]
Illicit ** (1931, Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Joan Blondell, Charles Butterworth, James Rennie, Natalie Moorhead) – Classic Movie Review 6849
Director Archie Mayo’s 1931 pre-Code romantic drama stars Barbara Stanwyck as Anne Vincent, a young woman with advanced ideas, who walks out on her blueblood husband Dick Ives (James Rennie) when he strays after they have […]
The Illustrated Man ** (1969, Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas) – Classic Movie Review 6848
As 1930s psychotic drifter Carl, Rod Steiger is tattooed from neck to foot for director Jack Smight’s offbeat and fascinating 1969 film from a book by Ray Bradbury. Each of his tattoos tells a disturbing […]
Rough Magic ** (1995, Bridget Fonda, Russell Crowe, Jim Broadbent) – Classic Movie Review 6847
Co-writer/ director Clare Peploe’s odd 1995 comedy film reworking of a vintage 1944 thriller novel by expert James Hadley Chase called Miss Shumway Waves a Wand is an extremely well crafted, interesting movie but a bit of […]
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- The Class [Entre Les Murs] **** (2008, Stars François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio) – Classic Movie Review 12,860
- George Washington Slept Here *** (1942, Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Percy Kilbride, Charles Coburn, Hattie McDaniel, William Tracy, Lee Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 12,859
- The Great Victor Herbert *** (1939, Walter Connolly, Allan Jones, Mary Martin, Susanna Foster, Lee Bowman) – Classic Movie Review 12,858
- Undertow [Contracorriente] **** (2009, Cristian Mercado, Manolo Cardona, Tatiana Astengo) – Classic Movie Review 12,857
- Problemista *** (2024, Tilda Swinton, Julio Torres, Ronald Peet, Kelly McCormack, Paul Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 12,856
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