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Captain Blood ***** (1935, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Guy Kibbee) – Classic Movie Review 3282
Director Michael Curtiz’s vintage 1935 American black-and-white swashbuckler pirate film Captain Blood from Warner Bros is a great bona fide adventure classic and turned the young Errol Flynn into a superstar. It also established the […]
The Contender **** (2000, Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William L Petersen, Philip Baker Hall, Saul Rubinek) – Classic Movie Review 3168
‘Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.’ Joan Allen stars as Senator Laine Hanson, who is a hot contender for the job of US Vice President. But then both true information and false […]
All the King’s Men **** (1949, Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, Joanne Dru, John Derek) – Classic Movie Review 3045
Writer-director Robert Rossen’s 1949 drama stars Broderick Crawford, who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as decent but ambitious Southern politician Willie Stark. But he loses his scruples climbing up the ladder to political success as […]
The Great McGinty **** (1940, Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest, Muriel Angelus) – Classic Movie Review 2624
Writer-director Preston Sturges grabs his first chance to direct a movie in a project from his own screenplay that went on to win the Academy Award for Best Writing Original Screenplay. He sold the story […]
Manhattan Melodrama **** (1934, Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Jimmy Butler, Mickey Rooney, Leo Carrillo, Isabel Jewell) – Classic Movie Review 2,261
MGM’s famed 1934 crime film Manhattan Melodrama is the definitive version of an oft-told tale about two ghetto orphan kids (Jimmy Butler, Mickey Rooney) maturing into adult buddies (William Powell and Clark Gable) on opposite […]
Nick of Time *** (1995, Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken) – Classic Movie Review 1629
Director John Badham’s enjoyable 1995 thriller stars Johnny Depp, who profitably forsakes his usual oddball image for a straight part as an average American Joe in this highly improbable, but entertaining thriller that unfolds, unusually, […]
Mr Smith Goes to Washington ***** (1939, James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Eugene Pallette, Beulah Bondi) – Classic Movie Review 1224
Legendary director Frank Capra’s perfectly honed, much-loved 1939 classic Mr Smith Goes to Washington is a politically-minded comedy drama follow-up to his triumphant 1936 Gary Cooper movie Mr Deeds Goes to Town. Mr Smith centres […]