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Hollywood or Bust * (1956, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Anita Ekberg, Pat Crowley, Maxie Rosenbloom) – Classic Movie Review 7451

Director Frank Tashlin’s 1956 comedy Hollywood or Bust is the final Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis movie together. Sadly, it is a feeble satirical farce on life in Hollywood, in which Martin plays the broke singer Steve Wiley, […]

Aug, 16

The Last Run *** (1971, George C. Scott, Tony Musante, Trish Van Devere, Colleen Dewhurst) – Classic Movie Review 7027

George C Scott stars in The Last Run (1971) as a retired getaway driver who must make a final run to help a convict flee to France, and thus somehow to prove himself, in this […]

May, 09

Goodbye Charlie *** (1964, Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Pat Boone, Walter Matthau) – Classic Movie Review 6929

Director Vincente Minnelli’s 1964 fantasy romantic comedy Goodbye Charlie is an attractively cast and well-played version of George Axelrod’s 1959 Broadway play about a jealous husband (Walter Matthau) murdering a philanderer, a lecherous Hollywood writer named […]

Apr, 16

Batman and Robin *** (1949, Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams) – Classic Movie Review 5108

Director Spencer Gordon Bennet’s 1949 vintage 15-part serial is lively, well cast, well acted, and entertaining for all its four hours and 23 minutes. Robert Lowery takes over from Lewis Wilson as Batman and Johnny […]

Mar, 06

War of the Satellites ** (1958, Richard Devon, Dick Miller, Susan Cabot, Eric Sinclair, Michael Fox, Robert Shayne, Bruno VeSota) – Classic Movie Review 3753

Producer-director Roger Corman’s primitive 1958 low-budget ($70,000) black-and-white science-fiction film stars Richard Devon (as Dr Pol Van Ponder), Dick Miller (as Dave Boyer) and Susan Cabot (as Sybil Carrington), and was quickly made to exploit the media frenzy over the launch of […]

May, 26

The Scapegoat *** (1959, Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Irene Worth, Nicole Maurey, Pamela Brown, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Bull) – Classic Movie Review 2826

Director Robert Hamer’s 1959 British black and white crime mystery thriller movie The Scapegoat offers Alec Guinness the luxury of two roles as a French count called Jacques De Gué, who plans to kills his rich […]

Aug, 18

Rain Man ***** (1988, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino) – Classic Movie Review 2064

Director Barry Levinson’s four Oscar-winning 1988 drama is a triumph, winning some of the most important of the 1989 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. It also won the […]

Jan, 10

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