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Wings ***** (1927, Clara Bow, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston, Gary Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 501

The glorious 1927 American silent classic film Wings is an epic saga of friendship, love and war, with vintage melodrama, spectacular aviation and warfare stunts, and impressive star turns from Clara Bow, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers […]

Dec, 11

Once Upon a Time in the West [C’era una volta il West] ***** (1968, Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards) – Classic Movie Review 140

Sergio Leone’s epic masterwork Once Upon a Time in the West [C’era una volta il West] (1968) is one of the cinema’s greatest Western films and most revered of Spaghetti Westerns. Complexly plotted, thrilling, vast […]

Aug, 09

Ben-Hur ***** (1959, Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 78

Unfortunately, this incredibly popular and sincere 1959 remake of the 1925 Ramon Novarro silent epic Ben-Hur about the conflict of the Jews and the Romans at the time of Christ just plain hasn’t aged too […]

Jul, 21

Cleopatra ***** (1963, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown, George Cole, Hume Cronyn, Martin Landau, Roddy McDowall, Robert Stephens) – Classic Film Review 37

Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1963 epic film Cleopatra was more famous as a media event than a movie – it’s the moment when Elizabeth Taylor met Richard Burton, creating an unprecedented media storm that helped create […]

Jul, 09

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ***** (2003, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Hugo Weaving, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd) – Classic Movie Review 34

Elrond (Hugo Weaving): ‘I give hope to Men.’ Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen): ‘I keep none for myself.’ The triumphant 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King stars Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, […]

Jul, 08

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ***** (2002, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Miranda Otto, Bernard Hill, Brad Dourif, David Wenham) – Classic Movie Review 33

The 2002 middle film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers, is a must-see treat for all those following J R Tolkien’s great adventure, set in a time of turmoil in the […]

Jul, 08

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