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Rising Sun *** (1993, Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kevin Anderson, Mako, Ray Wise) – Classic Movie Review 8985

Director Philip Kaufman’s smart 1993 action crime thriller Rising Sun is based on a novel by Michael Crichton and stars Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes, who form an entertaining odd-couple partnership as LA detectives Captain […]

Oct, 15

Anatahan [The Saga of Anatahan] **** (1953, Akemi Negishi, Tadashi Suganuma, Kisaburo Sawamura) – Classic Movie Review 8926

Director Josef von Sternberg ended his maverick career in style, directing the 1953 Anatahan [The Saga of Anatahan], an astonishing, action-packed, exciting wartime adventure thriller tale of destructive passions. Anatahan [The Saga of Anatahan] is […]

Sep, 21

Zatôichi **** (2003, Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa) – Classic Movie Review 8716

A blind, sword-bearing masseur takes on the gangs that threaten a 19th century Japanese village in writer-director-star Takeshi Kitano’s gory, feisty, impressive 2003 Japanese movie Zatôichi – one of this fine director’s best. Takeshi Kitano […]

Jul, 16

The Secret of Blood Island ** (1965, Jack Hedley, Barbara Shelley, Patrick Wymark, Charles Tingwell, Bill Owen, Lee Montague) – Classic Movie Review 8713

Director Quentin Lawrence’s 1964 The Secret of Blood Island is a Hammer Films World War Two adventure movie that follows British secret agent Elaine (Barbara Shelley) on a mission to a concentration camp in enemy-occupied […]

Jul, 15

Too Late the Hero **** (1970, Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen, Denholm Elliott, Henry Fonda, Harry Andrews, Ronald Fraser) – Classic Movie Review 8452

Co-writer/ producer / director Robert Aldrich turns in another tough war film in his 1970 Too Late the Hero, with rousing action, funny dialogue and an exciting climax. Michael Caine is engaging in one of […]

May, 10

The Life of Oharu [Saikaku Ichidai Onna] ***** (1952, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai, Toshirô Mifune, Toshiaki Konoe, Eitarô Shindô) – Classic Movie Review 8028

Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1952 The Life of Oharu [Saikaku Ichidai Onna] is a world cinema classic, with a remarkable performance by Kinuyo Tanaka as Oharu, a 17th-century samurai’s daughter who leads a life of […]

Jan, 18

China Girl **** (1942, Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen, Alan Baxter, Sig Ruman) – Classic Movie Review 7790

Director Henry Hathaway’s busy, neat 1942 Twentieth Century Fox wartime adventure-cum-romance China Girl stars Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen, Alan Baxter and Sig Ruman. It is written by Ben Hecht, based on a […]

Nov, 15

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