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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios] **** (1988, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Julieta Serrano) – Classic Movie Review 3577

This outrageous, stylised, dazzling 1988 Spanish screwball comedy deservedly made the international reputation of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, turning him from enfant terrible into one of cinema’s biggest names. In a breakout crossover hit, it […]

Apr, 16

Desperate ***½ (1947, Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Jason Robards Sr, Douglas Fowley, William Challee) – Classic Movie Review 3,543

Director Anthony Mann’s 1947 neat and nifty suspense film noir Desperate stars Steve Brodie as trucker Steve Randall, who is taken hostage in a fur robbery and told to confess to a cop’s death or the […]

Apr, 08

Danger: Diabolik **** (1968, John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi, Terry-Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 3,528

Mario Bava’s bravura 1968 Italian live-action comic-book crime film Danger: Diabolik stars the engaging John Phillip Law as black-clad master thief Diabolik. Mario Bava’s bravura 1968 Italian live-action comic book film Danger: Diabolik stars the […]

Apr, 04

Shock Corridor **** (1963, Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans) – Classic Movie Review 3491

Writer-director Samuel Fuller’s Shock Corridor is the heated, pulsating 1963 tale of an ambitious journalist newsman, Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck), who sets off to investigate on the trail of a knife killing of a patient in […]

Mar, 22

The Naked Kiss **** (1964, Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante) – Classic Movie Review 3490

Writer-director Samuel Fuller’ s extraordinary 1964 film noir crime drama movie stars Constance Towers, who gives a towering performance as the former hooker Kelly, who comes to look for redemption in the town of Grantville. Naturally, the […]

Mar, 21

Zootropolis [Zootopia] **** (2016, voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, J K Simmons, Tommy Chong, Octavia Spencer, Jenny Slate, Shakira) – Movie Review

Set in Zootopia, a city full of characterful anthropomorphic animals, Disney’s 2016 blockbuster animated comedy is good-hearted and funny. It’s busy, fast paced, inventive and above all loads of fun, both for kids and grown-ups. […]

Mar, 14

Hell Is a City ***½ (1959, Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence, Maxine Audley, Billie Whitelaw, Warren Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 3461

Stanley Baker finds a strong vehicle in Hammer Films’ unusually energetic, atmospheric and swift-moving 1959 vintage crime thriller Hell Is a City, atmospherically shot largely on exteriors in Manchester, and topped of with an exciting, […]

Mar, 08

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