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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning * (1985, Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams) – Classic Movie Review 10,336

Director Lance Hool’s 1985 film Missing in Action 2: The Beginning brings back Chuck Norris in the Seventies-set prequel to 1984’s hit Missing in Action, in which Colonel James Braddock (Norris) has a terrible time […]

Sep, 22

Uncommon Valor *** (1983, Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Fred Ward, Patrick Swayze, Reb Brown, Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb) – Classic Movie Review 10,305

Director Ted Kotcheff’s exciting, tough though not-too-violent 1983 action war thriller Uncommon Valor follows the exploits of obsessed US Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes (Gene Hackman) and his dirty half-dozen of crack vets trying to […]

Sep, 14

Hell’s Half Acre *** (1954, Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester, Nancy Gates, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 8917

‘THROUGH THE TWISTING ALLEYS A WOMAN SEEKS HER MAN AND COLD-BLOODED KILLERS AWAIT HER TOO!’ Producer-director John H Auer’s 1954 black and white drama Hell’s Half Acre from humble Republic Pictures stars Wendell Corey as […]

Sep, 19

Birdy ***** (1984, Nicolas Cage, Matthew Modine, John Harkins, Sandy Baron, Karen Young, Bruno Kirby, Nancy Fish) – Classic Movie Review 1487

Director Alan Parker’s marvellous 1984 film Birdy stars Nicolas Cage as Al Columbato, who tries whatever he can to help his best friend Birdy (Matthew Modine), now a speechless schizophrenic suffering from post-war trauma and […]

Jul, 28

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