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The Three Musketeers **** (1921, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Adolphe Menjou, Mary MacLaren, Nigel De Brulier, Marguerite De La Motte) – Classic Movie Review 881

Douglas Fairbanks Sr’s 1921 silent movie of the Alexandre Dumas Sr adventure classic is deservedly renowned and celebrated. Director Fred Niblo’s marvellous, meticulous production is colourful, exuberant and appealing, with an ideally cast Fairbanks Sr […]

Mar, 08

Lift to the Scaffold [Ascenseur pour l’échafaud] ***** (1958, Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Lino Ventura) – Classic Movie Review 544

Director Louis Malle’s 1958 debut feature Ascenseur pour l’échafaud [Lift to the Scaffold] [Elevator to the Gallows] is a brilliant, haunting and complex film noir thriller. It made an international star of the 30-year-old Jeanne […]

Dec, 18

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

Love Actually *** (2003, Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Laura Linney, Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy) – Classic Movie Review 369

The British Prime Minister romancing his Downing Street tea lady? Yes actually! Clever writer-director Richard Curtis (Four Weddings) looks – with great affection and optimism – at the state of love in Britain in 2003, […]

Nov, 06

Dangerous Liaisons ***** (1988, Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Uma Thurman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Mildred Natwick, Keanu Reeves, Peter Capaldi) – Classic Movie Review 307

Director Stephen Frears’s dazzling 1988 movie of Christopher Hampton’s award-winning London and Broadway hit stage play Les Liaisons Dangereuses is scaldingly exciting. You can just feel the sexual heat radiating from it. Based on the […]

Oct, 21

Henry V ***** (1944, Laurence Olivier, Renée Asherson, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Esmond Knight, Leo Genn, Felix Aylmer, George Cole) – Classic Movie Review 138

Laurence Olivier’s inspired and stirring version of the popular historical play by William Shakespeare is a personal triumph for him, a highlight of his life and career. It’s the definitive and classic movie of the […]

Aug, 08

The Lavender Hill Mob ***** (1951, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass) – Classic Movie Review 121

The marvellous, splendidly quirky, constantly amusing 1951 Ealing Studios classic comedy caper The Lavender Hill Mob is the only one of their famous comedies ever to win an Oscar. This marvellous, splendidly quirky, constantly amusing […]

Aug, 03

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