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The Magus * (1968, Anthony Quinn, Michael Caine, Candice Bergen, Anna Karina) – Classic Movie Review 9546

Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen and Anna Karina are in trouble in director Guy Green’s murky, muddled and meandering 1968 film of the then in-vogue John Fowles novel The Magus. As screenwriter, Fowles just […]

Mar, 22

The Return of Chandu *** (1934, Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Lucien Prival) – Classic Movie Review 9136

Chandu the Magician returns from the hit 1932 Chandu the Magician in The Return of Chandu (1934) and he is played by a different actor – the very same man who played his madman foe […]

Dec, 07

A-Haunting We Will Go *** (1942, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dante, Elisha Cook Jr) – Classic Movie Review 7361

Director Alfred Werker’s 1942 20th Century Fox black and white comedy A-Haunting We Will Go stars the essential Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as Stan and Ollie, who are conned by a group of swindling crooks (including […]

Jul, 28

Magic *** (1978, Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter) – Classic Movie Review 5759

Producer-director Richard Attenborough’s 1978 fantasy horror thriller revamps the old chestnut story about the dummy murderously taking over the ventriloquist, an idea already definitively handled previously in Dead of Night (1945). Even with a screenplay […]

Jul, 14

Intervista *** (1987, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Federico Fellini) – Classic Movie Review 5486

Director Federico Fellini’s 1987 fantasy comedy drama film is a delightful and imaginative tribute to the Rome film studio Cinecittá on its 50th anniversary and mostly a generous toast to himself. It unanimously won the 40th […]

May, 20

Houdini ***½ (1953, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Sig Ruman, Angela Clarke, Ian Wolfe) – Classic Movie Review 4545

Paired for the first time in their five films together, Tony Curtis stars with his then wife Janet Leigh in director George Marshall’s largely imaginary 1953 biopic of the great escaper Harry Houdini (aka Erich […]

Oct, 27

The Spider ** (1945, Richard Conte, Faye Marlowe, Kurt Kreuger, John Harvey, Martin Kosleck, Ann Savage) – Classic Movie Review 4350

Richard Conte stars as a private detective caught in a web of crime after the death of mind-reader’s assistant The Spider Woman. Director Robert Webb’s 1945 American 20th Century Fox black and white crime mystery […]

Sep, 12

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