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North Sea Hijack [ffolkes] *** (1980, Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins, Michael Parks, David Hedison, Jack Watson, George Baker, Faith Brook, David Wood) – Classic Movie Review 8787

Director Andrew V McLaglen’s 1980 North Sea Hijack [ffolkes] stars Roger Moore, who leads the comic-book capers as Ffolkes, an oddball freelance frogman-commando with ice-cool nerve and style (he loves cats, ignores women and does […]

Aug, 02

Blowing Wild ** (1953, Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Anthony Quinn, Ruth Roman, Ward Bond) – Classic Movie Review 7678

Director Hugo Fregonese’s 1953 action adventure Blowing Wild stars Barbara Stanwyck as wicked wildcat Marina Conway, who lusts again after her reluctant former lover Jeff Dawson (Gary Cooper) while her oil boss husband Paco (Anthony […]

Oct, 19

Hellfighters ** (1968, John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Bruce Cabot, Jay C Flippen) – Classic Movie Review 6731

Director Andrew V McLaglen’s indifferent 1969 movie Hellfighters stars John Wayne as ace oil rig fire fighter Chance Buckman, who fights oil fires instead of Indians, in this desperately routine, seemingly carelessly handled, macho adventure yarn […]

Feb, 24

Thunderbirds *** (2004, Bill Paxton, Sophia Myles, Ron Cook, Ben Kingsley, Anthony Edwards, Brady Corbet, Vanessa Hudgens) – Classic Movie Review 3791

Yes, Thunderbirds are go again in director Jonathan Frakes’s smart-looking 2004 live-action comedy adventure Thunderbirds, based on Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s classic Sixties TV puppet stories of International Rescue. Sadly, all the strings, amateurish production and […]

May, 30

Breaking the Waves ***** (1996, Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård) – Classic Movie Review 1703

  Danish co-writer/director Lars Von Trier’s 1996 movie is maybe still this most important of film-maker’s finest. And it’s Islington-born actress Emily Watson’s too, in her very first film, aged 29. She was Oscar nominated […]

Sep, 22

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