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The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising *** (2007, Alexander Ludwig, Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston, Frances Conroy, James Cosmo, Jim Piddock, Wendy Crewson) – Classic Movie Review 4529
Alexander Ludwig plays nice 14-year-old American kid called Will Stanton, who comes to rural England and learns he is ‘special’. He is the last of a group of immortal warriors dedicated to fighting forces of […]
Their Finest *** (2016, Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Helen McCrory, Jake Lacy, Paul Ritter) – Movie Review
Gemma Arterton stars as Welsh writer Catrin Cole who lands a movie script-writing job during World War Two, working with the outwardly cynical but inwardly sincere and nice young Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin) and the older hack Raymond […]
Nocturnal Animals *** (2016, Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Isla Fisher, Ellie Bamber, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Karl Glusman, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney) – Movie Review
Amy Adams impresses yet again – not quite as much as in Arrival, but nearly – as ice-cool art gallery owner Susan, who is haunted by her ex-husband Tony (Jake Gyllenhaal)’s violent thriller novel that […]
The Vengeance of She ** (1968, Olinka Berova, John Richardson, Edward Judd, Colin Blakely, Derek Godfrey, Noel Willman, André Morell, Jill Melford, George Sewell) – Classic Movie Review 4455
Director Cliff Owen’s 1968 adventure sequel stars Olinka Berova as beautiful young European girl Carol, who is seemingly possessed by the spirit of the long-gone Queen Ayesha of Kuma (She Who Must Be Obeyed), in […]
Crypt of the Vampire [La Cripta e l’Incubo] [Terror in the Crypt] ** (1964, Christopher Lee, Adriana Ambesi, Ursula Davis, José Campos, Véra Valmont, Friedrich Klauss, Angel Midlin) – Classic Movie Review 4450
Christopher Lee is the ideal star as Count Ludwig Karnstein in director Camillo Mastrocinque’s atmospheric but slackly paced 1964 Italian Gothic horror film La Cripta e l’Incubo, aka Terror in the Crypt or Crypt of the […]
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children ** (2016, Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L Jackson, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Chris O’Dowd, Ella Purnell) – Movie Review
Director Tim Burton’s 2016 teenage fantasy adventure movie is, as ever, intriguing and lovingly crafted, not to mention strongly cast, but this time a disappointing let-down. I’m afraid I was rather bored by the dull and […]
The Terrornauts * (1967, Simon Oates, Zena Marshall, Charles Hawtrey, Patricia Hayes, Stanley Meadows, Max Adrian) – Classic Movie Review 4408
Director Montgomery Tully’s insipid 1967 science fiction film The Terrornauts for Amicus Productions was released with They Came from Beyond Space in a flop double bill famously comprising ‘the two worst films the company ever produced’. Zena Marshall stars as Sandy […]