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Mask of the Avenger ** (1951, John Derek, Anthony Quinn, Jody Lawrance) – Classic Movie Review 7819

Set in Italy in 1848, director Phil Karlson’s busy, action-packed and modestly entertaining 1951 period action adventure romp Mask of the Avenger is distantly related to its supposed source in Alexander Dumas’s novel The Count […]

Nov, 22

It! The Terror from Beyond Space *** (1958, Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding, Ray Corrigan) – Classic Movie Review 4923

Now where have you heard this before? A spacecraft is sent into space to discover what happened to the 10-man crew of the previous mission and returns to planet Earth with its sole survivor and […]

Jan, 23

The Moon and Sixpence **** (1943, George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Steve Geray, Doris Dudley, Eric Blore) – Classic Movie Review 4682

Writer-director Albert Lewin’s 1943 romantic drama is a compelling and thoughtful literary adaptation of W Somerset Maugham’s classic novel about a money broker who puts art before family. The story is loosely inspired by the life […]

Nov, 22

The Black Cat ***** (1934, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop) – Classic Movie Review 2504

Hungarian psychiatrist Dr Vitus Werdegast (Bela Lugosi) plots a hideous revenge on his old friend Hjalmar Poelzig (Boris Karloff). Director Edgar G Ulmer’s weird and wonderful 1934 horror movie The Black Cat brings together Boris […]

May, 20

The Dark Horse **** (2014, Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance) – Movie Review

Writer/director James Napier Robertson’s beautiful, compelling New Zealand movie is extremely well done, with lovely, naturalistic acting from a fine ensemble. At its centre is a thrilling, graceful and heartfelt performance by Cliff Curtis as Genesis, a […]

Apr, 06

The Seventh Seal ***** (1957, Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Bibi Andersson, Nils Poppe) – Classic Movie Review 1242

The majestic Swedish writer-director Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 masterwork The Seventh Seal is a major classic of world cinema. After 17 films as director, it established Bergman’s international reputation as a film-maker of world renown and […]

May, 23

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