Derek Winnert

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The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter *** (1990, Jonathan Brandis, Kenny Morrison, Clarissa Burt) – Classic Movie Review 7164

Germany’s Bavaria Studios are back in business in 1990’s The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter trying to recapture the magic of their first outing to the land of Fantasia Six years on from the […]

Jun, 14

Dungeons and Dragons ** (2000, Jeremy Irons, Thora Birch, Marlon Wayans, Bruce Payne, Justin Whalin) – Classic Movie Review 5694

Jeremy Irons overacts embarrassingly in producer-director Courtney Solomon’s only very moderate 2000 sword-and-sorcery fantasy action adventure, further held back with disappointing cheap-looking effects. Irons plays the tyrannical magician Profion, who plots to overthrow Empress Savina […]

Jul, 02

Roman Scandals **** (1933, Eddie Cantor, Gloria Stuart, Ruth Etting, Edward Arnold, Alan Mowbray, Verree Teasdale, Jane Darwell, David Manners) – Classic Movie Review 5137

Director Frank Tuttle’s 1933 movie stars Eddie Cantor as an endearing, kind-hearted young simpleton called Eddie, who falls asleep and dreams he goes back to ancient Rome. This jolly vintage musical is raised high with Cantor’s […]

Mar, 11

The Scarlet Empress ***** (1934, Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, C Aubrey Smith, Edward Van Sloan, Gavin Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 2936

Marlene Dietrich is truly magnificent in The Scarlet Empress, producer-director Josef von Sternberg’s spectacular and thrilling 1934 visual explosion of a historical romantic biopic. Forget screen-writer Manuel Komroff’s average sort of tale, which is allegedly […]

Oct, 03

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