Derek Winnert

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Roustabout **½ (1964, Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Sue Ann Langdon, Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson, Raquel Welch, Teri Garr) – Classic Movie Review 4697

Director John Rich’s 1964 musical is a colourful but routine vehicle for Elvis Presley, though it is notable as one the few times that he had the support of a major star – Barbara Stanwyck. […]

Nov, 25

Something Wicked This Way Comes ***½ (1983, Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Pam Grier, Royal Dano, Richard Davalos) – Classic Movie Review 4588

Vidal Peterson and Shawn Carson play 12-year-old boys Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade who search for the secret of a creepy carnival that visits their Illinois small town, in director Jack Clayton’s smoothly scary 1983 […]

Nov, 04

The Devil Is a Woman ***** (1935, Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero, Edward Everett Horton) – Classic Movie Review 3122

Director Josef von Sternberg’s exotically beautiful 1935 romantic drama stars Marlene Dietrich in her last movie partnership with her real-life Svengali-figure. It is based on Pierre Louys’s story of obsessive love, La Femme et Le […]

Dec, 02

Gun Crazy ***** (1949, John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Berry Kroeger) – Classic Movie Review 2566

‘We go together, Laurie. I don’t know why. Maybe like guns and ammunition go together.’ Director Joseph H Lewis’s 1949 film noir favourite stars John Dall as gun-loving Barton ‘Bart’ Tare, a World War Two […]

Jun, 07

Carousel ***** (1956, Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 2,192

The vivacious vintage 1956 musical film Carousel stars Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, who act and sing their socks off as the layabout carnival barker Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan, the shy young woman he […]

Feb, 19

Monkeybone ***½ (2001, Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Rose McGowan, Dave Foley, Megan Mullally, voice of John Turturro) – Classic Movie Review 2155

Director Henry Selick’s 2001 comedy stars an ideally cast Brendan Fraser, who greatly amuses as Stu Miley, a carefree cartoonist who is involved in a freak accident. Then he becomes trapped in a nightmarish world, […]

Feb, 04

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari ***** (1920, Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover) – Classic Movie Review 1,574

Robert Wiene’s legendary 1920 German silent horror film masterpiece The Cabinet of Dr Caligari stars Werner Krauss as the mad magician Dr Caligari, who hypnotises his tame somnambulist Cesare (Conrad Veidt) to carry out a series […]

Aug, 22

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