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Gilda (1946) Rita Hayworth
This film is one of the greats of the 20th Century. It’s a terrific romantic drama/film noir with Rita Hayworth in her career-defining role as the beautiful Gilda who turns the head of every male in the movie as well as disrupting the lives of ex flame, small time operator Johnny (Glenn Ford) and his […]
Laura (1944), Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews.
This is a deliciously dark film from the 1940’s, the golden era of Hollywood film noir. What is a film noir movie? Usually it is a crime drama emphasizing sexual motivations or cynicism. Laura has all of this and more. Detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is sent to investigate the murder of Laura Hunt (Gene […]
Dirty Dancing – Vintage Film Poster and Review
A film review of Dirty Dancing (1987) with the vintage movie poster. Starring Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes. Set in the summer of 1963 at a holiday resort where Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is vacationing with her parents and sister. Here she meets Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) and is instantly attracted […]
Vintage Movie Poster/Review – Les Diaboliques
A film review of Les Diaboliques (1955) with the rare vintage movie poster. Starring Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel and Jean Brochard. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. The story is a mix of psychological horror and thriller, with the plot focusing on a woman’s husband and his mistress conspiring to kill the […]
Vintage Movie Poster and Review – The Hustler
A film review of The Hustler (1961) with the vintage movie poster. Starring Paul Newman as ‘Fast Eddie Nelson’, Jackie Gleason as ‘Minnesota Fats’, Piper Laurie as Sarah Packard and George C Scott as Bert Gordon. Date of release; 1961 Is The Hustler a film about Pool? In a sense yes but it’s so much […]
Is This The Worst Film of All Time?
The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek (1985) You shouldn’t really expect much of a DVD which is in the bargain bin section of the local movie shop so when a work colleague brought this film in one day me and a few guys at work decided to watch it.The alarm bells were already ringing when […]
Great Films from 1939
Over at TMM HQ we love a good movie, so much so that we decide to create this blog dedicating it to our favourite 39 movies from 1939, a year in which we and most critics agree was arguably the greatest year for film. We haven’t ranked them in any particular order but you’ll see […]
The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947)
Our latest review is for the romantics out there. The 1947 movie called The Ghost and Mrs Muir starring Gene Tierney as Lucy Muir, Rex Harrison as Captain Daniel Gregg, George Sanders as Miles Fairley, Edna Best as Martha Huggins and Natalie Wood as a young Anna Muir. Recently widowed Lucy Muir is struggling with her […]
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane, released in 1941 and often voted the greatest film of all-time. is the latest subject for our blog, read on and enjoy. Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) utters the word ‘Rosebud’ with his final breath and the film deals with the attempts of friends and acquaintances to unravel the meaning of it […]
Separate Tables (1958) Rita Hayworth, David Niven. A Film Review
Separate Tables is set in a hotel in Bournemouth, a local British seaside resort. With a star studded cast such as Rita Hayworth, David Niven, Wendy Hiller, Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr and filmed in Black and White, you get the feel of what a dreary seaside hotel would be like back in the 50s. […]