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The Trial *** (1993, Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Jason Robards) – Classic Movie Review 7007

In a clash of the literary titans, Pinteresque meets Kafkaesque to disappointingly little avail in The Trial (1993). But, nevertheless, this is a respectable Harold Pinter-scripted version of the Franz Kafka novel by director David […]

May, 06

Communion *** (1989, Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen) – Classic Movie Review 6,152

The spooky 1989 sci-fi horror film Communion is based on the book by Whitley Strieber, and stars a haunted Christopher Walken as Strieber, facing his alleged real-life encounter with extra-terrestrials.  Director Philippe Mora’s 1989 autobiographical […]

Oct, 29

Dr Cyclops *** (1940, Albert Dekker, Janice Logan, Thomas Coley, Charles Halton, Victor Kilian, Frank Yaconelli) – Classic Movie Review 5916

Director Ernest B Schoedsack’s 1940 Paramount horror movie Dr Cyclops stars Albert Dekker as mad scientist Doctor Thorkel, who cuts travellers to the Amazon down to size – 14 inches actually – in this bonkers […]

Aug, 14

It Comes at Night **** (2017, Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Riley Keough) – Movie Review

‘I think they’re sick. You don’t get it, if they’re sick, then I am too.’ Writer-director Trey Edward Shults’s good but gloomy and depressing horror movie stars Joel Edgerton, who is doing his usual sterling […]

Jul, 08

It’s the Rage [All the Rage] *** (2000, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, David Schwimmer, Robert Forster, Anna Paquin, Josh Brolin, Gary Sinise) – Classic Movie Review 5357

Jeff Daniels stars as Warren Harding who shoots his wife Helen (Joan Allen)’s lover dead in a rage, and later claims that he thought he was killing an intruder to get himself off the hook. […]

Apr, 28

Conflict ** (1945, Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet) – Classic Movie Review 3881

Director Curtis Bernhardt’s 1945 film noir suspense thriller Conflict has its moments but it is one of Humphrey Bogart’s least good and least well-known pictures from his best period. Engineer Richard Mason (Bogart) sends his […]

Jun, 17

Paris Trout *** (1991, Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey, Ed Harris) – Classic Movie Review 3739

Based on Pete Dexter’s novel, director Stephen Gyllenhaal’s opulently filmed 1991 Deep South thriller, set in a small Georgia town in the 1950s, is a savage and uncomfortable experience. It concedes centre stage to Dennis Hopper’s […]

May, 22

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