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Love Me Tender **** (1956, Elvis Presley, Richard Egan, Debra Paget) – Classic Movie Review 1357

Elvis Presley makes his historic first movie appearance in director Robert D Webb’s interesting if routine 1956 American Civil War Western with musical numbers about four feuding Southern brothers, all of whom love the sultry […]

Jun, 26

High Sierra ***** (1941, Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Henry Hull, Henry Travers, Jerome Cowan, Barton MacLane) – Classic Movie Review 1,348

Raoul Walsh’s 1941 thriller film High Sierra is a terrific action/ adventure film noir featuring Humphrey Bogart in yet another one of his iconic roles as notorious career criminal Roy ‘Mad Dog’ Earle. It made […]

Jun, 21

A Study in Scarlet *** (1933, Reginald Owen, Warburton Gamble, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart, John Warburton) – Classic Movie Review 1281

Director Edwin L Marin’s 1933 detective mystery thriller film A Study in Scarlet stars Reginald Owen and Warburton Gamble as master detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, who investigate a case of robbery and multiple murder […]

Jun, 02

Dog Day Afternoon ***** (1975, Al Pacino, John Cazale, Chris Sarandon, Lance Henriksen, Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Sully Boyar) – Classic Film Review 1189

Director Sidney Lumet’s 1975 classic Dog Day Afternoon is a complex, adult and exhilarating crime thriller based on a then recent real-life event, the robbery of the Chase Manhattan Bank in Gravesend, Brooklyn, by John […]

May, 09

The Killers ***** (1946, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Albert Dekker) – Classic Movie Review 1,137

Burt Lancaster makes an electrifying impact in his film début as the former boxer Ole ‘Swede’ Andreson, whose murder by two professional killers is probed in a series of flashbacks by an insurance investigator, in […]

Apr, 22

Millions **** (2004, Alex Etel, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan, Lewis McGibbon, Alun Armstrong, Jane Hogarth) – Classic Movie Review 1061

Just days before the UK switches its currency to Euros, a gang has a chance to rob a poorly-secured train loaded with money on its way to incineration. During the robbery, one of the big […]

Apr, 05

Glengarry Glen Ross **** (1992, Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Jonathan Pryce) – Classic Movie Review 1,005

James Foley’s 1992 film of David Mamet’s dazzling play Glengarry Glen Ross is a brilliant showcase for stupendous performances by Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris and Alan Arkin. Filmed in […]

Mar, 28

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