Derek Winnert

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Return of the Seven ** (1966, Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Julián Mateos, Warren Oates, Claude Akins, Fernando Rey, Emilio Fernández) – Classic Movie Review 6576

Director Burt Kennedy’s 1966 movie brings Yul Brynner’s welcome return as hired gun Chris Adams in this acceptable but less magnificent sequel to perhaps everybody’s favourite Western, The Magnificent Seven (1960). The trouble is that […]

Jan, 18

Psycho II **** (1983, Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis Franz) – Classic Movie Review 5862

Director Richard Franklin’s suspenseful 1983 first sequel to Psycho (1960), set 22 years later, is an unexpected success. Vera Miles is back as Lila Loomis, whose sister Marion (Janet Leigh) was of course one of the […]

Aug, 06

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York *** (1992, Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O’Hara, John Heard) – Classic Movie Review 2858

Director Chris Columbus’s hastily concocted 1992 sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York re-assembles the whole hit 1990 Home Alone team for Macaulay Culkin’s re-match with bumbling baddies Joe Pesci (as Harry Lime!) and […]

Aug, 29

The Revenge of Frankenstein *** (1958, Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn) – Classic Movie Review 2778

Terence Fisher’s 1958 horror film sequel The Revenge of Frankenstein stars Peter Cushing as the bad Baron, Dr Victor Frankenstein, and it is up to Michael Gwynn to play the Monster. ‘TERROR will seize you! […]

Aug, 03

After the Thin Man **** (1936, William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 2263

The story for the 1936 sequel film After the Thin Man is specially written by legendary Dashiell Hammett, based on his sleuth characters of Nick and Nora in his 1934 novel The Thin Man but […]

Mar, 14

Die Hard 2 **** (1990, Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler) – Classic Movie Review 1682

Bruce Willis makes a very welcome return as New York cop John McClane for a second scoop of blockbuster action. And this time his mission is to thwart a military operation by rogue military officials […]

Sep, 16

The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride *** (1998, voices Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane) – Classic Movie Review 1621

Directors Darrell Rooney and Rob LaDuca’s seamless 1998 first sequel to the 1994 Walt Disney cartoon favourite is very welcome and entertaining if inevitably several notches down from the brilliance of the original. It helps a […]

Sep, 02

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