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Le Trou [The Hole] **** (1960, Philippe Leroy, Marc Michel, André Bervil, Jean Keraudy, Michel Constantin) – Classic Movie Review 8668

Director Jacques Becker’s gritty 1960 French crime thriller / drama Le Trou [The Hole] tells a grim but gripping and intelligent escape story, based on a novel by José Giovanni but taken from real life, […]

Jul, 02

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ** (1972, Fiona Fullerton, Michael Jayston, Hywel Bennett, Ralph Richardson, Peter Sellers, Flora Robson, Dudley Moore, Rodney Bewes) – Classic Movie Review 6333

Writer-director William Sterling’s lovingly crafted 1972 movie is another attempt at an all-star human cast version of Lewis Carroll’s classic novel, and this time it is a semi-musical version, with a score by John Barry […]

Nov, 29

Holes **** (2003, Shia LaBoeuf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Henry Winkler, Dulé Hill, Patricia Arquette) – Classic Movie Review 3031

Director Andrew Davis’s 2003 Disney drama stars Shia LaBoeuf as a wrongfully convicted boy thief called Stanley, who is sent to a brutal young offenders’ detention camp, where the warden (Sigourney Weaver), the deputy by […]

Nov, 03

Onibaba [The Hole] ***** (1964, Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satô) – Classic Movie Review 2809

Writer-director Kaneto Shindo’s ultra-thrilling, scary and imaginative 1964 Japanese horror story is a brilliant original. Shindo’s plot is about a 14th century Japanese mother and her daughter-in-law, grieving for their beloved son and husband, who […]

Aug, 13

Ace in the Hole ***** (1951, Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall) – Classic Movie Review 1861

Co-writer/director Billy Wilder delivers one of his scintillating classic film noir thrillers in 1951. Kirk Douglas stars in one of his most unforgettable roles as the archetypal all-time ruthless reporter Chuck Tatum. Tatum is a […]

Nov, 21

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