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Day of the Animals ** (1977, Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George) – Classic Movie Review 8305

Aerosols have damaged the ozone layer and turned animals above the altitude of 5000 feet into man-killers preying on High Sierra hikers, in director William Girdler’s rather horrible 1977 action horror thriller shocker Day of […]

Mar, 28

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold * (1966, Mike Henry, David Opatoshu, Manuel Padilla Jr, Nancy Kovack) – Classic Movie Review 8075

Mike Henry takes over from Jock Mahoney as the 14th Tarzan, who returns to the jungle to fight with a gun instead of his fists, in Robert Day’s late entry in the series, the below-par […]

Jan, 30

Race for the Yankee Zephyr [Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr] (1981, Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence, George Peppard, Bruno Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 7940

British actor-producer David Hemmings went down under, to New Zealand, that is, to direct the good-looking if undemanding and largely fumbled 1981 action adventure movie Race for the Yankee Zephyr [Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr] […]

Dec, 23

Arctic ***½ (2018, Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma Smáradóttir) – Movie Review

Mads Mikkelsen stars in co-writer/ director Joe Penna’s 2018 survival thriller Arctic as Overgård, an incredibly strong, brave and resourceful man who desperately tries to survive the Arctic after a plane crash. [Spoiler alert] His his long-awaited […]

Sep, 27

Paradise, Hawaiian Style * (1966, Elvis Presley, Suzanna Leigh, James Shigeta, Irene Tsu, Donna Butterworth, Marianna Hill) – Classic Movie Review 6854

Elvis Presley stars as Rick Richards, a civil helicopter pilot who plans to start a charter flying service in Hawaii and plays the field romantically, and Suzanna Leigh co-stars forlornly as his main love interest, […]

Mar, 25

Nineteen Eighty-Four [1984] **** (1984, John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 6402

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a satisfactory, in many ways satisfying remake of George Orwell’s famous prophetic, futuristic dystopian novel, filmed in the UK to celebrate the year it depicts. It was released in the UK on […]

Dec, 13

Blue Thunder **** (1983, Roy Scheider, Candy Clark, Warren Oates, Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Stern) – Classic Movie Review 6044

Director John Badham’s riveting 1983 action adventure thriller provides a great showcase for the talents of Roy Scheider. The always underrated and undervalued actor grabs one of his best Eighties opportunities as  Los Angeles Police […]

Sep, 24

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