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The Devil’s Brigade ** (1968, William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Andrew Prine, Claude Akins) – Classic Movie Review 10,136

Director Andrew V McLaglen’s 1968 The Devil’s Brigade is an ordinary and overlong but acceptable World War Two wartime action drama in the wake of The Dirty Dozen, though based on real life as recounted […]

Aug, 05

Sea of Sand [Desert Patrol] **** (1958, Richard Attenborough, John Gregson, Michael Craig) – Classic Movie Review 9381

Director Guy Green’s 1958 British war film Sea of Sand [Desert Patrol] is better than average war fare, using the sandy wastes of North Africa as an endless backdrop for a tale set during the North African […]

Feb, 14

The Heroes of Telemark ** (1965, Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Roy Dotrice, Anton Diffring, Michael Redgrave, Eric Porter) – Classic Movie Review 7464

Director Anthony Mann’s 1965 well-meaning but struggling World War Two Norwegian Resistance movie The Heroes of Telemark stars Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Roy Dotrice, Anton Diffring, Michael Redgrave and Eric Porter. Dr Rolf […]

Aug, 18

Stratton * (2017, Dominic Cooper, Connie Nielsen, Tyler Hoechlin, Tom Felton, Derek Jacobi) – Movie Review

There is nothing good to say about director Simon West’s espionage action thriller Stratton (2017), lamely and limply based on the book series written by Duncan Falconer. Dominic Cooper took over at the last minute from Henry Cavill as […]

Sep, 08

The Guns of Navarone ***** (1961, Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn) – Classic Movie Review 1397

Three cheers for director J Lee Thompson’s famous, stirring, classic 1961 World War Two action/adventure war thriller, based on Alistair MacLean’s 1957 bestselling novel. It follows the fortunes of a team of Allied commando fighters sent to […]

Jul, 05

X-Men Origins: Wolverine **** (2009, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Danny Huston) – Classic Movie Review 806

Pecs gleaming and locks glowing, Hugh Jackman growls and glowers to comic-book perfection as James Logan, who becomes the fighting machine known as Wolverine, a hairy bloke with handy killer claws, nifty healing powers and […]

Feb, 08

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