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Santa Fe Trail **** (1940, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale Sr, William Lundigan, Van Heflin) – Classic Movie Review 4750

The 1941 biopic of General Custer, They Died with Their Boots On, in which Errol Flynn plays Custer, is understandably frequently confused with Michael Curtiz’s 1940 Santa Fe Trail, in which Flynn portrays Jeb Stuart […]

Dec, 05

Captain Blood ***** (1935, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Guy Kibbee) – Classic Movie Review 3282

Director Michael Curtiz’s vintage 1935 American black-and-white swashbuckler pirate film Captain Blood from Warner Bros is a great bona fide adventure classic and turned the young Errol Flynn into a superstar. It also established the […]

Jan, 18

Arabian Nights *** (1942, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu, John Qualen, Leif Erickson, Turhan Bey, Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard) – Classic Movie Review 3203

Director John Rawlins’s 1942 movie is delightful, expertly crafted, fast-moving escapist adventure hokum designed to cheer up World War Two wartime audiences – and it can still cheer today! A treat in Technicolor, it was nominated […]

Dec, 31

Slave Girls [Prehistoric Women] ** (1967, Martine Beswick, Edina Ronay, Michael Latimer, Carol White, Stephanie Randall) – Classic Movie Review 2440

Slave Girls [Prehistoric Women] (1967): ‘Beaten into submission… turned into slaves… man at the mercy of a Kingdom of Prehistoric Women!’  Writer/ producer/ director Michael Carreras’s Hammer Films 1967 British fantasy adventure movie Slave Girls […]

May, 01

Belle **** (2013, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid) – Movie Review

Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as Dido Belle, the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy officer, brought as a child to England by her father Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode), who leaves her in the […]

Jun, 11

12 Years a Slave ***** (2013, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Lupita Nyong’o, Brad Pitt, Sarah Paulson) – Movie Review

In a year split between this, Gravity and Dallas Buyers Club, 12 Years a Slave ended up with just three 2014 Oscars, including Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay for John Ridley and Best Supporting Actress […]

Oct, 21

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