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The Great Victor Herbert *** (1939, Walter Connolly, Allan Jones, Mary Martin, Susanna Foster, Lee Bowman) – Classic Movie Review 12,858

Paramount’s huge-fun 1939 musical biopic film The Great Victor Herbert stars Allan Jones, Mary Martin and Walter Connolly as the big-hearted, amazingly successful Irish-American songwriter Victor Herbert.  Paramount’s 1939 American black and white musical film The Great Victor Herbert is directed by Andrew L Stone, and stars Allan Jones as John Ramsey, Mary Martin as Louise Hall, Walter Connolly…

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Undertow [Contracorriente] **** (2009, Cristian Mercado, Manolo Cardona, Tatiana Astengo) – Classic Movie Review 12,857

Undertow [Contracorriente] is an extremely beautiful and moving 2009 Peruvian romantic drama film in which a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover with his village’s rigid traditions. It is written, produced and directed by Javier Fuentes-León in his directorial debut, and stars Cristian Mercado as Miguel, Manolo Cardona as Santiago and Tatiana Astengo as…

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Problemista *** (2024, Tilda Swinton, Julio Torres, Ronald Peet, Kelly McCormack, Paul Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 12,856

Julio Torres’s quirky 2024 surreal comedy film Problemista has its problems but it sure is a Tilda tour-de-force. New York, it’s a wonderful town, well not if you are a young immigrant from El Salvador, apparently. Julio Torres stars in his own 2024 comedy film Problemista as Alejandro, a pleasant young aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New…

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Alex Strangelove *** (2018, Daniel Doheny, Antonio Marziale, Madeline Weinstein) – Classic Movie Review 12,855

Craig Johnson’s clever and humorous 2018 romantic comedy film Alex Strangelove stars Daniel Doheny as high school class president Alex, who has long been dating Claire (Madeline Weinstein), but meets gay guy Elliot (Antonio Marziale) and he’s confused. Writer/ director Craig Johnson’s clever and humorous 2018 American romantic comedy film Alex Strangelove stars Daniel Doheny, Antonio Marziale,…

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Viharsarok [Land of Storms] *** (2014, András Sütö, Ádám Varga, Sebastian Urzendowsky) – Classic Movie Review 12,854

The beautiful, intense, moving 2014 Hungarian movie Viharsarok [Land of Storms] is a tremendously good, but tremendously depressing gay-themed drama, with some fine performances, particularly by András Sütö and Ádám Varga, who have most of the film to themselves. András Sütö and Sebastian Urzendowsky star as best friends Szabolcs and Bernard, who are playing in the same German football team, but…

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The Normal Heart **** (2014, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina, Joe Mantello, Jonathan Groff, Julia Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 12,853

Director Ryan Murphy’s 2014 American TV drama film The Normal Heart is written by Larry Kramer, based on his 1985 play, and stars Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina, Joe Mantello, Jonathan Groff, and Julia Roberts. The film is set at the time of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984, and seen through the eyes of writer/ gay activist Ned Weeks…

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Concrete Night [Betoniyö] *** (2013, Johannes Brotherus, Jari Virman, Anneli Karppinen, Juhan Ulfsak) – Classic Movie Review 12,852

Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo’s 2013 drama film Concrete Night [Betoniyö] is based on the 1981 novel with the same name by Pirkko Saisio and tells the story of a bewildered, befuddled 14-year-old boy named Simo (Johannes Brotherus) who lacks a sense of self or the ability to protect himself from his surroundings. Simo and his big brother Ilkka live in a concrete jungle in Helsinki with their…

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The Snorkel *** (1958, Peter Van Eyck, Betta St John, Mandy Miller, William Franklyn, Grégoire Aslan) – Classic Movie Review 12,851

Director Guy Green’s 1958 Hammer Films production British thriller film The Snorkel stars Peter Van Eyck, Betta St John, and child actress Mandy Miller in her last film role. Peter Van Eyck stars as evil Paul Decker, who attempts on his new wife Jean (Betta St John) a repeat performance of his special drowning technique with which he murdered his first wife, but is scuppered by his eagle-eyed…

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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe [Robinson Crusoe] **** (1954, Dan O’Herlihy, Jaime Fernández) – Classic Movie Review 12,850

Director Luis Buñuel’s 1954 Mexican/ American adventure film The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe [Robinson Crusoe] stars Oscar nominated Dan O’Herlihy  as Crusoe and Jaime Fernández as Friday. Buñuel’s first English-language film was shot simultaneously in English and Spanish versions. Dan O’Herlihy earned an Oscar nomination as Best Actor for his virtual one-man show as Daniel Defoe’s shipwrecked…

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The Cat from Outer Space ** (1978, Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Roddy McDowall, Harry Morgan, McLean Stevenson) 2024 – Classic Movie Review 12,849

Director Norman Tokar’s 1978 American science fiction comedy film The Cat from Outer Space stars Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Roddy McDowall, Harry Morgan, and McLean Stevenson. An Abyssinian ET, mundanely called Jake the Cat by the earthlings, levitates his pals, speaks in English, and pilots a spacecraft that looks like the Love Bug, in this pleasant Seventies Walt Disney Productions comedy. In a…

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The Fall of the House of Usher * (1950, Gwen Watford, Kay Tendeter) – Classic Movie Review 12,848

A1894-1895 Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley of the short story The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe. Producer/ cinematographer/ director George Ivan Barnett’s 1950 British black and white horror film The Fall of the House of Usher is based on the famous story by Edgar Allan Poe, and stars Gwen Watford and Kay Tendeter. Lord Roderick Usher (Kay Tendeter) watches as his sister Lady…

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Disappearance ** (2002, Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey) – Classic Movie Review 12,847

Harry Hamlin and Susan Dey from TV’s LA Law are reunited in writer/ director Walter Klenhard’s 2002 mystery thriller film Disappearance  as a married couple driving with their two kids (Jeremy Lelliott, Basia A’Hern) in Nevada, when they make the mistake of stopping off at a ghost town called Weaver, an abandoned mining site. The fact that it isn’t on the map should have warned them, and so…

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For Them That Trespass * (1949, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett, Stephen Murray) – Classic Movie Review 12,846

Director Alberto Cavalcanti’s 1949 crime drama film For Them That Trespass marks the inauspicious film début, aged 30, of stiff-lipped Richard Todd. Patricia Plunkett and Stephen Murray also star in this adaptation of the 1944 novel by Ernest Raymond. Richard Todd fails to impress in a dull crime melodrama about an ex-con, Herb Logan (Todd), who finally gets out of jail and sets out to prove he…

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Landfall *½ (1949, Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett, Kathleen Harrison) – Classic Movie Review 12,845

In 1949 Ken Annakin made Landfall for Associated British, starring Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett and Kathleen Harrison, based on the 1940 novel Landfall: A Channel Story written by Nevil Shute.. It is one of two films Ken Annakin made on loan out from his studio Gainsborough Pictures to Associated British, followed by Double Confession (1950). Annakin recalled: ‘Neither had very good…

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Double Confession ** (1950, Derek Farr, Peter Lorre, William Hartnell, Joan Hopkins, Naunton Wayne, Ronald Howard, Kathleen Harrison, Leslie Dwyer, Edward Rigby)

Director Ken Annakin’s 1950 British whodunnit crime thriller film Double Confession is based on the novel All On a Summer’s Day by the pseudonymous John Garden. Inspector Tenby (Naunton Wayne) probes a case of murders at an English seaside resort while casino boss William Hartnell looks suspicious, Kathleen Harrison looks dopey and Peter Lorre (Lorre? What’s he doing here?) looks as though he…

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They Nest ** (2000, Thomas Calabro, Dean Stockwell, John Savage, Kristen Dalton) – Classic Movie Review 12,843

They Nest was also released as Creepy Crawlers. Director Ellory Elkayem’s 2000 American science fiction horror movie They Nest stars Thomas Calabro, Dean Stockwell, John Savage, and Kristen Dalton. It is also known as Creepy Crawlers. A stressed-out doctor called Dr Ben Cahill (Thomas Calabro), hoping for a quiet life on an isolated island off the coast of Maine, discovers a vicious swarm of…

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Eight O’Clock Walk **½ (1954, Richard Attenborough, Derek Farr, Cathy O’Donnell, Ian Hunter)

‘Was her husband the murderer of an innocent girl?’ Director Lance Comfort’s standard 1954 British courtroom thriller Eight O’Clock Walk stars Richard Attenborough as the just-married taxi driver Tom Manning on trial for the murder of a small girl, defended by junior counsel Peter Tanner (Derek Farr). Comfort directs uncomfortably, but America’s Cathy O’Donnell as Manning’s wife Jill, who is…

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