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Three Days of the Condor **** (1975, Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Max Von Sydow, Cliff Robertson) – Classic Movie Review 1154

Director Sydney Pollack’s sizzling 1975 suspense classic thriller offers an eagerly taken perfect role for Robert Redford as Joseph Turner, an innocent bookish CIA researcher on the run from the evil Joubert (Max Von Sydow) […]

Apr, 28

Never Say Never Again *** (1983, Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Barbara Carrera, Bernie Casey, Alec McCowen, Edward Fox) – Classic Movie Review 990

Director Irving Kershner’s 1983 007 spy movie Never Say Never Again stars a fit-looking 52-year-old Sean Connery, who confidently returns for a one-off grab at his James Bond crown in a remake of the 1965 […]

Mar, 25

Snow Falling on Cedars **** (1999, Ethan Hawke, Max von Sydow, Yûki Kudô, Rick Yune, James Cromwell, James Rebhorn) – Classic Movie Review 884

Immediately after World War Two, in an American Pacific Northwest small town, the discovery of the death of a white fisherman at sea and the subsequent murder trial of his neighbour, a Japanese-American fisherman (Rick […]

Mar, 07

The Virgin Spring [Jungfrukällan] ***** (1960, Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom) – Classic Movie Review 665

Director Ingmar Bergman’s 1959 retelling of a Swedish folk tale, set in 14th century Sweden, about a spring appearing where a young woman is killed makes for a chilling and compelling film. It won the […]

Jan, 10

Minority Report **** (2002, Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton) – Classic Movie Review 484

Tom Cruise teams up with director Steven Spielberg in 2002 to play a ‘precognitive’ cop of the future, Detective John Anderton, who can predict murders and arrest the killers before they act. But then he’s […]

Dec, 07

Conan the Barbarian **** (1982, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman) – Classic Movie Review 343

John Milius’s savage comic-book sword and sorcery 1982 film Conan the Barbarian, based on the tales of Robert E Howard, is written and made in the grandest style. Milius describes it as a ‘feverish dream […]

Oct, 31

The Exorcist ***** (1973, Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J Cobb, Jason Miller) – Classic Movie Review 110

Director William Friedkin’s The Exorcist is the big daddy of all exorcism movies, often copied, but never bettered. Made in 1973, it is still a terrifying, gut-wrenching supernatural horror yarn. Linda Blair stars as a […]

Jul, 30

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