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Cover-Up ** (1991, Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr) – Classic Movie Review 11,751

Dolph Lundgren stars in an intriguing 1991 American political thriller film called Cover-Up. Director Manny Coto’s 1991 American political thriller film Cover-Up stars Dolph Lundgren and Louis Gossett Jr. Dolph Lundgren plays Mike Anderson, a […]

Nov, 27

The Juggler **½ (1953, Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 10,059

Director Edward Dmytryk’s 1953 drama The Juggler is based on the novel by Michael Blankfort and stars Kirk Douglas as German Jewish refugee Hans Mueller, a Holocaust survivor who is so traumatised by his experiences […]

Jul, 19

The Delta Force *** (1986, Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Robert Forster, Joey Bishop, Lainie Kazan, George Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 9786

Co-writer/ director Menahem Golan’s 1986 anti-terrorist action thriller The Delta Force is a level-headed film of the real-life rescue of a hijacked TWA plane in Greece, in which the terrorists Abdul Rafai (Robert Forster) and […]

May, 17

Incitement *** (2019, Yehuda Nahari Halevi, Amitai Yaish, Anat Ravnitzki, Yoav Levi, Daniella Kertesz, Sivan Mast) – Movie Review

Director/ co-writer Yaron Zilberman’s insightful, expertly done psychological thriller Incitement (2019) details a series of profoundly disturbing personal and political events in the year leading up to the assassination of Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin […]

Oct, 13

The Ambassador ** (1984 Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson, Donald Pleasence, Fabio Testi) – Classic Movie Review 8524

Elmore Leonard’s excellent 1974 novel 52 Pick-Up is reworked as J Lee Thompson’s watchable and entertaining 1984 political thriller The Ambassador starring Robert Mitchum as the American ambassador to Israel trying to solve the crisis […]

May, 30

David and Bathsheba ** (1951, Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey, Kieron Moore) – Classic Movie Review 5495

Director Henry King’s 1951 biblical film is the second book of Samuel according to screen-writer Philip Dunne, producer Darryl F Zanuck and the 20th Century Fox studio. It was nominated for five Oscars – Best […]

May, 24

Munich **** (2005, Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Amalric, Moritz Bleibtreu, Marie-Josée Croze) – Classic Movie Review 5053

‘The world was watching in 1972 as 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the Munich Olympics. This is the story of what happened next.’ Director Steven Spielberg’s dark, tense and sombre 2005 historical political thriller tells the […]

Feb, 24

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