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Theorem [Teorema] ***½ (1968, Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti, Laura Betti, Anne Wiazemsky, Ninetto Davoli) – Classic Movie Review 2,269

Pier Paolo Pasolini casts young Terence Stamp effectively as a good-looking stranger who satisfies all the members of a wealthy Milan family in his 1968 Italian poetic drama film Theorem [Teorema]. Director Pier Paolo Pasolini […]

Mar, 15

Poor Cow ***** (1967, Carol White, Terence Stamp, John Bindon, Kate Williams, Queenie Watts) – Classic Movie Review 2268

Co-writer/director Ken Loach makes his ground-breaking and eye-catching feature movie début filming Nell Dunn’s novel in 1967. Restored and re-released in 2016, it comes up devastatingly fresh – incisive, poignant and funny too. Carol White triumphs […]

Mar, 15

Modesty Blaise *** (1966, Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Clive Revill) – Classic Movie Review 2,267

Sixties iconic beautiful people Monica Vitti as comic book heroine Modesty Blaise and Terence Stamp as her sidekick Willie Garvin are effective and amusing, though outshone by outrageously camp turns from Dirk Bogarde and Clive […]

Mar, 15

Billy Budd **** (1962, Terence Stamp, Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas) – Classic Movie Review 2,265

Peter Ustinov’s impressive and graceful 1962 British historical drama film Billy Budd stars Oscar nominated young Terence Stamp in arguably his finest performance as the beautiful, blond seaman falsely accused of conspiring to mutiny. ‘The […]

Mar, 14

Superman II **** (1980, Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jack O’Halloran) – Classic Movie Review 2,240

Christopher Reeve claimed that Superman II (1980) is ‘the best of the series’ and he was right. Superman II was filmed back to back with the 1978 Superman and was three quarters completed when tensions arose […]

Mar, 07

Wall Street ***** (1987, Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Terence Stamp) – Classic Movie Review 2068

Co-writer/director Oliver Stone’s 1987 financial drama summons up the get-rich-quick 80s era better than most other movies and added a couple of indelible phrases into the language: ‘greed is good’ and ‘lunch is for wimps’. Though the […]

Jan, 10

Bowfinger ** (1999, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham) – Classic Movie Review 1896

Director Frank Oz’s 1999 is a rather obvious, tepid comedy look at low-budget film-making that’s already been covered in funnier, cleverer films. Star and screenwriter Steve Martin’s screenplay is silly, unreal and not very funny, while […]

Nov, 28

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