Movies starring Charlie

Big Business (1929)

19 mins     Comedy, Family, Short      

I would urge anyone who is a fan of Christmas movies and find themselves over indulging with festive films to the point they grow tiresome to search out Laurel and Hardy's "Big Business" as it will restore than smile to your ...

A Chump at Oxford (1940)

63 mins     Comedy      

"A Chump at Oxford" is the perfect example of what I love and dislike about Laurel & Hardy movies, I can't bring myself to say hate because how can you hate a Laurel & Hardy movie. What I love is that you get the variety when...

A Song Is Born (1948)

113 mins     Comedy, Musical      

Movie Review - A Song Is Born (1948) Danny Kaye stars as a Professor Hobart Frisbee who falls for singer Honey Swanson (Virginia Mayo) unaware she is a gangster's moll using him to hide from the authorities...

Ballad of a Gunfighter (1964)

84 mins     Western      

I guess I am too young to remember Marty Robbins as a singer and to my knowledge I have never come across him in a movie but I would imagine those who were fond of him might enjoy "Ballad of a Gunfighter" which is not to be c...

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979)

102 mins     Comedy, Crime      

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979) Richard Jordan is the recently released convict who walks straight in to a job as an electrician in a bank. But he then finds himself forced to aid a group of bank robbers in pulli...

Red Dawn (1984)

109 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

What is there to say about "Red Dawn" which hasn't already been said such as it being the first movie to get a PG-13 certificate causing controversy because of the level of brutality and violence, which seeing as it's a movie...

Silence of the Heart (1984)

100 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Over the years I have watched a surprising number of TV movies which are about teen suicide and it is an important subject that I have to say deserves plenty of attention. But where many of the movies have been very much focu...

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

120 mins     Comedy      

John Hughes dominated the 80s teen movie scene with his movies which tapped into the feelings of the teenage audience, none more so than the brilliant "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" starring Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller a ...

Wall Street (1987)

120 mins     Crime, Drama      

Having just won an Oscar for Vietnam epic "Platoon" Oliver Stone entered the world of warfare once more, although a war which is more apparent to your average guy on the street with "Wall Street". A now iconic movie which too...

Young Guns (1988)

102 mins     Action , Drama, Western      

Released back in 1988, "Young Guns" is more of a vehicle to capitalize on the then appeal of the Hollywood brat pack, than a true western. Yes it may be set in the west and feature cowboys, but unlike classic westerns, this i...

Eight Men Out (1988)

119 mins     Drama, Sport      

"Eight Men Out" is the movie about the Black Sox scandal when then Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to intentionally throw the 1919 World Series, a series they were odds on favourites to win. Featuring excellent performances...

Men at Work (1990)

98 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime, Thriller      

Released in 1990 "Men at Work" stars Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez as garbage men who find themselves carrying a dead body around with them. Sadly "Men at Work" is not a good movie with much of the comedy falling flat with...

The Witches (1990)

91 mins     Family, Fantasy, Horror      

When it comes to "The Witches" I fear I am in the minority because I just don't get it or more importantly why so many people love this movie. I wouldn't go as far as saying it was terrible but I would say it was boring which...

Navy Seals (1990)

113 mins     Action , Thriller      

Teenage me liked "Navy Seals" with Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn delivering gung-ho, Yippe-Ki-Yay action with the same testosterone fuelled machismo as "Top Gun". Grown up me still likes "Navy Seals" because not on is it a ...

On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story (1990)

95 mins     Biography, Drama, Sport, TV Movie      

I will put my hand up and say prior to stumbling upon "On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story" I had never heard of Tai Babilonia as not only have I never had a great deal of interest in ice skating her years of competing were ...

Courage Mountain (1990)

98 mins     Adventure , Drama, Family      

Courage Mountain (1990) Juliette Caton stars as Heidi in this sequel to the original story and sees her cast alongside Charlie Sheen as goat Peter...

Hook (1991)

144 mins     Adventure , Family, Fantasy      

Steven Spielberg's "Hook" is a fun movie, a colourful, imaginative adventure movie made for families but it has one problem and for some a major problem. The storyline to "Hook" takes the twist that Peter Pan has grown up and...

Hot Shots! (1991)

84 mins     Comedy      

Spoof movies must be some of the easiest movies to make, going by the number which gets made and they must turn an easy profit as well. But whilst they may be easy to make, making them good seems to be another matter especial...

All-American Murder (1991)

94 mins     Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Romance      

Movie Review - All-American Murder (1991) Charlie Schlatter stars as Artie, the major misfit who has been kicked out of one college after another and now the chief suspect in a murder when a girl he fancies dies in a fire...

The Three Musketeers (1993)

105 mins     Action , Adventure , Comedy      

Disney's 1993 version of Dumas's "The Three Musketeers" is not a movie for those who are interested in the story but it is for those who want a dumbed down rollercoaster ride of swashbuckling action and some pretty looking st...