Derek Winnert

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First Man ** (2018, Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Olivia Hamilton) – Movie Review

‘That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.’ How familiar are those words! How familiar is this story! Director Damien Chazelle’s nostalgic biopic First Man retells the story the life of the […]

Oct, 14

Cat-Women of the Moon [Rocket to the Moon] * (1953, Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory, Marie Windsor, William Phipps, Douglas Fowley, Susan Morrow) – Classic Movie Review 7112

The hilariously inept 1953 sci-fi B-movie Cat-Women of the Moon, filmed 3D, tells an endearingly silly story about spacemen finding the only life on the Moon comes from sexy, leotard-clad cat people. Director Arthur Hilton’s […]

Jun, 03

Capricorn One **** (1977, Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterson, O J Simpson, Hal Holbrook, Telly Savalas, Karen Black) – Classic Movie Review 6794

Skillfully written and directed by Peter Hyams (The Presidio), this invigorating 1977 action adventure thriller supposes that NASA’s first manned mission to Mars is actually an American Government hoax simulated in a TV studio. But […]

Mar, 12

Making Mr Right *** (1987, John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly) – Classic Movie Review 5570

Ann Magnuson stars as a PR expert who falls madly in love with the product she is promoting; blonde-haired, blue-eyed android John Malkovich. Trouble ensues when the supposedly emotionless robot starts to reciprocate, infuriating both […]

Jun, 10

Beneath the Planet of the Apes *** (1970, James Franciscus, Charlton Heston, Linda Harrison, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans) – Classic Movie Review 5484

Director Ted Post delivers the welcome 1970 second movie in the original five-film Planet of the Apes saga, with more fascinating monkey business just a notch down from the first film, 1968’s Planet of the […]

May, 19

Night of the Blood Beast * (1958, Michael Emmet, Angela Greene, John Baer, Ed Nelson, Steve Dunlap, Georgianna Carter, Tyler McVey) – Classic Movie Review 4953

Director Bernard L Kowalski’s low-budget, black and white 1958 sci-fi horror movie tells the sorry tale of a hapless team of scientists, who are stalked by an alien Creature. An astronaut Steve Dunlap (John Baer) is killed on […]

Jan, 28

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women * (1968, Mamie Van Doren, Mary Marr, Paige Lee) – Classic Movie Review 4859

Following Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965), the ever enterprising producer Roger Corman squeezed a second sci-fi movie out of cannibalising the 1962 Soviet film Planeta Bur. The 1968 American science fiction film Voyage to […]

Jan, 08

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