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Natural Born Killers ** (1994, Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Downey Jr) – Classic Movie Review 2080

Director Oliver Stone’s hugely controversial 1994 serial killer thriller and media satire started life originally as a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino. But here it is substantially reinvented and given a changed ending by writer-director Stone, […]

Jan, 17

The Scarlet Claw **** (1944, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Miles Mander, Arthur Hohl, Gerald Hamer, Ian Wolfe, Paul Cavanagh, Kay Harding) – Classic Movie Review 1,026

Director Roy William Neill’s dastardly 1944 whodunit mystery thriller film The Scarlet Claw is the sixth and arguably the finest of Basil Rathbone’s 12 Sherlock Holmes updated films at Universal Pictures studios. Rathbone and Nigel […]

Mar, 31

Terror by Night *** (1946, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey) – Classic Movie Review 986

‘One Way Ticket to DEATH!’ Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star for the 13th time as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the 1946 mystery thriller film Terror by Night, their penultimate adventure, this time […]

Mar, 25

Identity **** (2003, John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Rebecca De Mornay, Alfred Molina, Pruitt Taylor Vince) – Classic Movie Review 775

Ex-cop and now driver Ed (John Cusack), tough cop Rhodes (Ray Liotta), escort Paris (Amanda Peet) and bitchy movie star Caroline Suzanne (Rebecca De Mornay) are among ten strangers, stranded in a rainstorm at an […]

Jan, 30

Omen III: The Final Conflict *** (1981, Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow, Mason Adams, Robert Arden) – Classic Movie Review 558

In his first feature film, Graham Baker directs the final part of The Omen trilogy in 1981, with the evil Damien Thorn now aged 33 and all set to ensure Christ’s Second Coming won’t happen by […]

Dec, 21

Suspicion ***** (1941, Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans, Leo G Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 441

Alfred Hitchcock’s richly enjoyable and likeable 1941 thriller Suspicion (1941) is a sweaty exercise in anxiety. Both stars Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine are at the peak of their career, powers and attraction. In the […]

Nov, 23

Shadow of a Doubt ***** (1943, Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Hume Cronyn) – Classic Movie Review 231

Taut, tense and bristling with pent-up sexual frisson, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 dark little gem is one of his cleverest, most inspired movies. Joseph Cotten enjoys one of his finest roles as the smooth and sophisticated, […]

Sep, 07

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