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The Monkey’s Uncle ** (1965, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Arthur O’Connell, Frank Faylen) – Classic Movie Review 11,786

Director Robert Stevenson’s 1965 comedy film The Monkey’s Uncle is Walt Disney Productions’ slightly less amusing sequel to their surprise hit The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) and finds Tommy Kirk back as ‘scrambled egghead’ student […]

Dec, 12

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones *** (1964, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames) – Classic Movie Review 11,785

Director Robert Stevenson’s 1964 hit American science-fiction comedy film The Misadventures of Merlin Jones is Walt Disney Productions’ better prequel to The Monkey’s Uncle (made the following year). Tommy Kirk is pleasing as the Midvale […]

Dec, 12

African Treasure [Bomba and the African Treasure] ** (1952, Johnny Sheffield, Laurette Luez, Leonard Mudie, Martin Garralaga) – Classic Movie Review 11,013

‘FABULOUS! FORBIDDEN! FEARSOME! Ruthless raiders trap white savage and jungle beauty!’ Director Ford Beebe’s simple 1952 adventure film African Treasure [Bomba and the African Treasure] stars Johnny Sheffield as Bomba and is the seventh in […]

Mar, 11

Project X *** (1987, Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, William Sadler, Willie) Classic Movie Review 10,031

Matthew Broderick gets up to monkey business in Jonathan Kaplan’s 1987 sci-fi comedy thriller Project X. Matthew Broderick’s follow-up to his big hit Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) went straight to video in Britain after […]

Jul, 13

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land ** (1952, Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Greene, Jean Willes, Lester Matthews) – Classic Movie Review 7700

Director Lew Landers’s 1952 adventure Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land is another in Columbia Pictures’ 16-film Jungle Jim series (1948-55), starring Johnny Weissmuller who had retired after 16 years as the screen’s most famous […]

Oct, 24

Bikini Beach ** (1964, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Martha Hyer, Don Rickles, Harvey Lembeck, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 6216

In 1964, American International Pictures released Bikini Beach, the third of its Beach Party movies with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. It is co-written and directed by William Asher. How is this for blatant advertising: ‘It’s where the […]

Nov, 09

Bedtime for Bonzo *** (1951, Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Peggy) – Classic Movie Review 5660

Director Frederick de Cordova’s 1951 farcical comedy Bedtime for Bonzo has a lot to answer for as the film that convinced its star Ronald Reagan to go into politics. For here is the infamous daft […]

Jun, 24

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