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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case *** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Fred Kelsey, Tiny Sandford, Frank Austin) – Classic Movie Review 7524

Director James Parrott’s and producer Hal Roach’s 1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case is a black and white comedy short film starring the incomparable Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, released by MGM in 1930. Instead of the […]

Sep, 01

The Big House **** (1930, Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone) – Classic Movie Review 5346

Author Frances Marion won the Academy Award for writing the story and dialogue (Best Writing Achievement) of director George Hill’s convincing, mould-forming 1930 prison drama. Sound director Douglas Shearer also won the first Academy Award […]

Apr, 26

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles ** (2001, Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Serge Cockburn) – Classic Movie Review 4125

Oh ye of little faith were expecting a dud with director Simon Wincer’s belated 2001 third Crocodile Dundee laugh-fest from Paul Hogan, the amiable Aussie. Wrong! There are enough laid-back laughs here as the Australian adventurer […]

Aug, 03

El Dorado **** (1966, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Arthur Hunnicutt, Edward Asner, Christopher George) – Classic Movie Review 2560

Howard Hawks directs John Wayne and Robert Mitchum in this big Western film El Dorado late in all their careers in 1966. The 58-year-old Duke stars as the once-ace gunman Cole Thornton with a paralysed […]

Jun, 06

Play Misty for Me **** (1971, Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills) – Classic Movie Review 2078

The 1971 psychological thriller Play Misty for Me is a carefully crafted, tense and exciting chiller full of creepy sequences. It represents an auspicious directorial début by the ambitious, 41-year-old Clint Eastwood, effortlessly making the transition […]

Jan, 16

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror *** (1942, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, Reginald Denny, Thomas Gomez, Henry Daniell) – Classic Movie Review 989

The 1942 mystery thriller film Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror is the first of Universal Pictures’ contemporary Holmes series of 12 B-movies. It strangely mixes Arthur Conan Doyle’s story His Last Bow with […]

Mar, 25

Sweet Sixteen **** (2002, Martin Compston, Michelle Coulter, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane) – Classic Movie Review 949

Martin Compston is superb in his debut as Liam, a Scottish teenager from a tough background who sets out to raise the money for a home once his mother Jean (Michelle Coulter) gets out of […]

Mar, 20

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