Derek Winnert

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The Return of Chandu *** (1934, Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Lucien Prival) – Classic Movie Review 9136

Chandu the Magician returns from the hit 1932 Chandu the Magician in The Return of Chandu (1934) and he is played by a different actor – the very same man who played his madman foe […]

Dec, 07

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman ** (1946, Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Acquanetta) – Classic Movie Review 8060

Director Kurt Neumann’s 1946 Tarzan and the Leopard Woman is boisterous jungle fun with Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce and Johnny Sheffield as Tarzan, Jane and Boy, and swings along at a swift pace. A murderous […]

Jan, 25

Mandy *** (2018, Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Olwen Fouéré, Ned Dennehy) – 2018 Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Panos Cosmatos’s deranged 1983-set 2018 horror thriller Mandy stars Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough as bearded lumberjack Red and his fantasy paperback-reading artist girlfriend Mandy, who live happily in a secluded cabin in the […]

Oct, 07

The Master **** (2012, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams) – Classic Movie Review 6667

Joaquin Phoenix stars in The Master (2012) as Freddie Quell, a World War Two US naval veteran having trouble integrating back into civilian life and undergoing a series of breakdowns. This leads him to being drawn to […]

Feb, 09

Holy Smoke ** (1999, Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 6390

Director Jane Campion co-writes the screenplay of her 1999 Australian drama film with her sister Anna. Confident and struggling at the same time, it is a peculiar, downright odd film, with attractive elements that include its oddness. […]

Dec, 11

Lord of Illusions ** (1995, Scott Bakula, Famke Janssen, Kevin J O’Connor, Daniel von Bargen, Joseph Latimore) – Classic Movie Review 6118

This grisly, mediocre 1995 horror chiller is in the interesting category but must be considered a disappointment from cult horror writer-director Clive Barker. Famke Janssen stars as Dorothea who pays New York gumshoe Harry D’Amour […]

Oct, 20

Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest * (1995, Daniel Cerny, Ron Melendez, Jim Metzler, Nancy Lee Grahn, Mari Morrow) Classic Movie Review 5852

The evil spreads. Two surviving Gatlin, Nebraska, small-town brothers Eli and Joshua are adopted by a Chicago city couple, William and Amanda Porter, in director James D R Hickox’s gory and pretty silly 1995 second horror sequel […]

Aug, 04

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