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Perfect Blue [Pâfekuto burû] **** (1997) – Classic Movie Review 6053

Japanese pop singer Mima (voice of Mima Kirigoe) quits the hit pop idol group CHAM to pursue her dreams as an actress. She performs as rape victims and poses nude for magazines, and is haunted […]

Oct, 01

Night Moves ***½ (1975, Gene Hackman, Susan Clark, Edward Binns, Jennifer Warren, James Woods, Melanie Griffith ) – Classic Movie Review 6,020

Arthur Penn’s dark-toned, complex 1975 neo-noir thriller film Night Moves stars Gene Hackman as Los Angeles private detective Harry Moseby, who searches for the missing teenage daughter of a former movie actress. Director Arthur Penn’s […]

Sep, 13

Star! **** (1968, Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig, Daniel Massey, Robert Reed, Bruce Forsyth, Beryl Reid) – Classic Movie Review 5937

Julie Andrews is ideally cast and absolutely fabulous in director Robert Wise’s stylish, thoroughly enjoyable 1968 musical biopic of Thirties British revue star and stage performer Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952). The film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning none. It […]

Aug, 19

No Highway [No Highway in the Sky] **** (1951, James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, Kenneth More) – Classic Movie Review 5,795

The excellent 1951 British aviation drama film No Highway [No Highway in the Sky] is loosely based on a novel by Nevil Shute, and stars James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, and Janette Scott. […]

Jul, 21

The Black Camel *** (1931, Warner Oland, Dorothy Revier, Bela Lugosi, Sally Eilers) – Classic Movie Review 5612

The Black Camel (1931) is the second film to star Warner Oland as Charlie Chan, and the sole surviving title of the first five Chan films starring Oland. Director Hamilton McFadden’s exotic, well-plotted 1931 mystery […]

Jun, 15

Rules Don’t Apply **** (2016, Warren Beatty, Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich) – Movie Review

Warren Beatty’s polished and thoroughly entertaining Hollywood romantic biographical drama stars Lily Collins and Alden Ehrenreich as a strict Christian aspiring young actress and her earnest, ambitious young driver, both trying to work round the […]

Apr, 21

The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone **** (1961, Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Lotte Lenya, Jeremy Spenser, Coral Browne, Ernest Thesiger, Cleo Laine, Jill St John) – Classic Movie Review 5117

Director Jose Quintero’s 1961 romantic drama is a highly intriguing film version of Tennessee Williams’s only novel, with Vivien Leigh enjoying herself as Mrs Stone, an ageing American actress staying in a magnificent apartment in Rome, […]

Mar, 07

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