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Topaze **** (1933, John Barrymore, Myrna Loy, Reginald Mason) – Classic Movie Review 9518

Director Harry d’Abbadie D’Arrast’s 1933 comedy remake Topaze stars John Barrymore and Myrna Loy, who head up a fine American version of the Marcel Pagnol story about a meek French teacher, Professor Auguste Topaze (Barrymore). […]

Mar, 16

Hex * (1973, Keith Carradine, Cristina Raines, Scott Glenn, Robert Walker Jr, John Carradine, Dan Haggerty) – Classic Movie Review 9394

Co-writer/ director Leo Garen’s 1973 Hex stars Keith Carradine, Gary Busey, Scott Glenn, Cristina Raines [Tina Herazo], Robert Walker Jr, John Carradine and Dan Haggerty. It is a terrible Seventies motorbike movie, set between the […]

Feb, 16

Miranda *** (1948, Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, John McCallum, Margaret Rutherford, David Tomlinson) – Classic Movie Review 9,366

Director Ken Annakin’s 1947 British black and white light comedy fantasy film Miranda stars Glynis Johns, who makes a very fetching mermaid called Miranda Trewella, who talks young married physician Dr Paul Martin (Griffith Jones), […]

Feb, 10

Elvis **** (1979, Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell) Classic Movie Review 9303

Kurt Russell leads as Elvis in director John Carpenter’s compelling 1979 biographical account of Presley’s rise to stardom, making an effective stab at re-creating the King, with help from country singer Ronnie McDowell’s excellent voicing […]

Jan, 26

Waco ** (1966, Howard Keel, Jane Russell, Brian Donlevy, Wendell Corey, John Smith, Terry Moore) – Classic Movie Review 9256

‘Ain’t much wind to speak of, so the stink can’t be blowing in from the stables!’ – Waco Director R G Springsteen’s 1966 Western film Waco stars Howard Keel as tough gunfighter cowboy Waco, who […]

Jan, 13

Odette **** (1950, Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Peter Ustinov, Marius Goring, Bernard Lee) – Classic Movie Review 9143

Anna Neagle shines in her producer-director husband Herbert Wilcox’s 1950 British wartime drama Odette. Based on the book by Jerrard Tickell, there is a sterling tale of Resistance heroics in Nazi-occupied France in this stirring […]

Dec, 10

Slipstream *** (1989, Mark Hamill, Bob Peck, Bill Paxton, Kitty Aldridge, Eleanor David, Robbie Coltrane) – Classic Movie Review 9008

Director Steven M Lisberger’s British shot 1989 science-fiction adventure Slipstream stars Mark Hamill as bearded bounty hunter Will Tasker, who chases murderous android fugitive Byron (Bob Peck), in Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz’s thoughtful sci-fi […]

Oct, 22

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