Derek Winnert

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The Incredible Journey *** (1963, Émile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed, Sandra Scott) – Classic Movie Review 8577

‘Three against the wilderness… nothing could stop them – only instinct to guide them across 200 perilous miles of Canadian wilderness!’ The animal cast – Muffy as Bodger the bull terrier, Syn Cat as Tao […]

Jun, 10

That Darn Cat! *** (1965, Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Frank Gorshin, Neville Brand, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, William Demarest) – Classic Movie Review 8576

Director Robert Stevenson’s 1965 Disney live action family crime comedy movie That Darn Cat! stars Hayley Mills as Patti, whose pet Siamese pussy cat uncovers a kidnapping when he follows the buyer of a salmon […]

Jun, 10

The Apple Dumpling Gang *** (1975, Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Don Knotts, Tim Conway) – Classic Movie Review 8468

An exceptionally friendly cast jollies up director Norman Tokar’s well above-average 1975 Walt Disney children’s live action comedy Western adventure The Apple Dumpling Gang about a confirmed bachelor gambler called Russel Donavan (Bill Bixby) and […]

May, 14

Escape to Witch Mountain *** (1975, Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann) – Classic Movie Review 8188

Director John Hough’s 1974 children’s film Escape to Witch Mountain is an engaging and entertaining Walt Disney Productions live action mystery-fantasy adventure, starring Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann. It is based […]

Mar, 02

Beauty and the Beast *** (2017, Dan Stevens, Emma Watson, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline) – Movie Review

Director Bill Condon’s fairy tale musical is romantic, warm and good hearted. It has a charming, sweet nature that is easy to like and hard to take against. It is slickly and smoothly made in […]

Mar, 03

First Kid *** (1996, Sinbad, Brock Pierce, James Naughton, Lisa Eichhorn, Zachery Ty Bryan, Erin Williby, Blake Boyd) – Classic Movie Review 4548

Director David M Evans’s laid-back, entertaining 1996 Disney comedy stars Sinbad, who is amusing as ex-boxer Sam Simms, the agent in charge of Luke Davenport (Brock Pierce), the difficult, troublesome, 13-year-old son of the US […]

Oct, 27

Pete’s Dragon ***½ (2016, Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence) – Movie Review

Disney’s ecologically minded and morally minded remake of its 1977 classic Pete’s Dragon is an odd little film but it is sweet and I liked it. Though warm, friendly, down-home and old fashioned Americana, it is quite […]

Aug, 12

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