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Spy Kids 3D: Game Over *** (2003, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Sylvester Stallone, Salma Hayek, Ricardo Montalban) – Classic Movie Review 4206

Thrilling 3D effects spark writer-director Robert Rodriguez’s 2003 third part of his super teen spy series, in which spy-kid Carmen (Alexa Vega) is trapped in a video game by the evil Toymaker (Sylvester Stallone), and her brother […]

Aug, 20

Seven Women [7 Women] **** (1966, Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton, Flora Robson, Mildred Dunnock, Betty Field, Anna Lee, Eddie Albert) – Classic Movie Review 3995

John Ford said: ‘Seven Women (1966) is one of my favourite pictures. I thought it was a swell story and a good script.’ But, after three days of filming, original star Patricia Neal had a […]

Jul, 10

World Without End *** (1956, Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Rod Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 3983

‘THE 26TH CENTURY! Sub-Human Monsters… Mammoth Tiger Spiders… Mole-Tunnel Cities… Futurific Women… in the Screen’s Mighty Science-Shocker!’ Writer-director Edward Bernds’s daft but enjoyable 1956 sci-fi movie World Without End tells the tale of a space […]

Jul, 05

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City ** (1969, Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Nanette Newman) – Classic Movie Review 3726

Director James Hill’s 1969 adventure movie Captain Nemo and the Underwater City is passable entertainment for youngsters, but it is a routine movie if compared with Captain Nemo’s earlier tale 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea […]

May, 20

Somewhere in the Night ***½ (1946, John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte) – Classic Movie Review 3320

Director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1946 crime thriller has a familiar set-up and fairly predictable plot development, though it is often an involving, gripping movie. And Mankiewicz manages to pull it out of the rut and turn it […]

Feb, 04

Mission: Impossible III *** (2006, Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg) – Classic Movie Review 2739

Co-writer J J Abrams makes his first film as a director in the 2006 third instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise, in which Tom Cruise’s agent Ethan Hunt has retired from field work for the […]

Jul, 24

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol **** (2011, Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist) – Classic Movie Review 2738

Director Brad Bird’s intense and exciting Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) successfully revives the format and tops its three predecessors, propelled with some astounding and quite spectacular action sequences. It’s a cool movie that bids […]

Jul, 24

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