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Eismayer *** (2022, Gerhard Liebmann, Luka Dimic, Julia Koschitz) – Classic Movie Review 12,487 

Gerhard Liebmann stars in the 2022 Austrian drama film Eismayer as Sergeant Major Eismayer, the toughest trainer in the Austrian Army. He lives gloomily with his gloomy wife and nice small son, but has a […]

Apr, 24

The Virgin Soldiers *** (1969, Lynn Redgrave, Hywel Bennett, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Patrick, Rachel Kempson) – Classic Movie Review 7707

Hywel Bennett stars in The Virgin Soldiers (1969) as Private Brigg sent to Singapore where he falls for army daughter Phillipa Raskin (Lynn Redgrave). Leslie Thomas’s 1966 comic novel, based on his British Army experiences as […]

Oct, 27

Streamers **** (1983, Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein) – Classic Movie Review 7534

Boldly treating the cinema screen like a theatre stage, director Robert Altman films his 1983 success Streamers on a single location – the army barracks dormitory where a group of young US recruits are waiting […]

Sep, 03

Privates on Parade *** (1982, John Cleese, Denis Quilley, Michael Elphick, Nicola Pagett, Bruce Payne, Joe Melia) – Classic Movie Review 7306

Director Michael Blakemore’s 1982 British comedy Privates on Parade is a faithful film of a very camp, old-fashioned Seventies stage hit by clever writer Peter Nichols, drawing on his own 1947 Malayan emergency experiences with […]

Jul, 18

Reflections in a Golden Eye *** (1967, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris, Robert Forster) – Classic Movie Review 7185

Director John Huston’s salacious and compulsive but awkward 1967 high heat Deep South melodrama Reflections in a Golden Eye is based on the Carson McCullers novel and boasts the right cast on compelling form, particularly […]

Jun, 17

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