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Sudden Impact ** (1983, Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman) – Classic Movie Review 3812
Producer-director-star Clint Eastwood’s suddenly much lower-impact 1983 action thriller is the fourth Dirty Harry film in a steadily declining series, following Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973) and The Enforcer (1976). After a lengthy gap, Eastwood returns to […]
Garde à Vue [The Inquisitor] **** (1981, Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider, Guy Marchand) – Classic Movie Review 3703
Co-writer/ director Claude Miller’s satisfying 1981 French police thriller is neatly done, atmospheric, gripping and very dark. It won four French César Awards in 1982 – Best Actor (Michel Serrault), Best Supporting Actor (Guy Marchand), Best Screenplay and Best Editing. Michel […]
Volver **** (2006, Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Yohana Cobo, Blanca Portillo, Chus Lampreave) – Classic Movie Review 3579
This tantalising and sophisticated 2006 comedy crime drama is Spanish enfant terrible cult director Pedro Almodóvar‘s 18th feature film. Its star Penélope Cruz was Oscar nominated in 2007 for her performance here and became the first Spanish actress ever […]
Pepi, Luci, Bom [Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón] ** (1980, Carmen Maura, Eva Siva, Alaska, Félix Rotaeta) – Classic Movie Review 3571
Spanish enfant terrible cult director Pedro Almodóvar‘s 1980 first feature film, arriving belatedly in Britain in 1992 on the back of his later hits, looks at life in Madrid during the punk era. It centres on […]
The Skin I Live In [La piel que habito] *** (2011, Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet) – Classic Movie Review 3575
Writer-director Pedro Almodóvar’s intriguing but odd and alienating 2011 thriller is his 18th film, in a brilliant career that runs all the way back to Pepi, Luci, Bom in 1980. In his first collaboration with Almodóvar in […]
Peyton Place **** (1957, Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, Hope Lange, Arthur Kennedy, Russ Tamblyn, Diane Varsi) – Classic Movie Review 3539
Director Mark Robson’s posh 1957 epic soap opera film Peyton Place stars Oscar nominated Lana Turner as Constance MacKenzie, a shopkeeper with a past, who takes a chance on love with new young high school […]
Eden *** (2012, Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges, Matt O’Leary, Scott Mechlowicz) – Classic Movie Review 3436
Scott Mechlowicz takes another dark turn as Jesse, the boyishly charming bait luring young girls into a sex trafficking ring. Based on a true story, the scary and horrifying crime drama Eden also stars Beau Bridges as Bob […]