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China Seas **** (1935, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Hattie McDaniel, Wallace Beery, Rosalind Russell, Robert Benchley, C Aubrey Smith, Akim Tamiroff) – Classic Movie Review 3688

MGM Studios assembles a top-notch cast for director Tay Garnett’s great 1935 adventure yarn of piracy and romance on the high seas. Aboard ship Hong Kong to Singapore are dynamic, hard-drinking captain Alan Gaskell (Clark Gable), his […]

May, 10

The Terror of the Tongs *** (1961, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Monlaur, Geoffrey Toone) – Classic Movie Review 3300

NOW YOU CAN SEE SPINE-TINGLING TONG TERROR! Director Anthony Bushell’s 1961 British thriller stars Geoffrey Toone as British sea captain Jackson Sale, a brave merchant seaman who attempts to discover the murderers of his daughter and […]

Jan, 30

A Countess from Hong Kong **** (1967, Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Charles Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Patrick Cargill, Margaret Rutherford) – Classic Movie Review 2551

Marlon Brando stars in A Countess from Hong Kong as the rich American diplomat Ogden Mears who spends his last night in Hong Kong with Russian Countess Natascha (Sophia Loren), who follows him on board his […]

Jun, 02

Gambit *** (1966, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom) – Classic Movie Review 2417

Director Ronald Neame’s entertaining, modish 1966 comedy thriller Gambit stars Michael Caine in his first Hollywood movie, made at Universal Studios, California. It casts him as Harry, an ambitious London cat burglar who embroils dancer […]

Apr, 21

Romeo Must Die *** (2000, Jet Li, Aaliyah, Isaiah Washington) – Classic Movie Review 2204

Director Andrjez Bartkowiak’s 2000 action thriller focuses on the Romeo and Juliet plot as two rival Asian and African American families on the US West Coast are locked in a fierce turf battle vying for […]

Feb, 23

Double Impact *** (1991, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Alonna Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 2128

Director Sheldon Lettich’s passably impactful 1991 action thriller provides Jean-Claude Van Dammes with twin roles, which proved so popular that he repeated the formula over and over. Van Damme plays twins separated on the death of their parents. […]

Jan, 29

Knock Off *** (1998, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Paul Sorvino, Rob Schneider, Lela Rochon) – Classic Movie Review 2085

Director Tsui Hark’s 1998 movie, set in Hong Kong,  is one of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s better all-action thrillers. Van Damme stars as Marcus Ray, a fashion designer who is drawn into a black market conspiracy […]

Jan, 18

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