Derek Winnert

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Tarzan and the Mermaids *** (1948, Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Linda Christian, John Lanenz, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 6136

‘BARBARIC RITUALS!…SAVAGE THRILLS!…PAGAN SPLENDORS! ‘ Director Robert Florey’s 1948 jungle adventure is Johnny Weissmuller’s last Ape Man movie. It is the twelfth part of the saga. This time, he fights a giant octopus and armed […]

Oct, 24

Beast ** (2017, Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James, Trystan Gravelle) – Movie Review 

Writer-director Michael Pearce’s 2017 British feature debut drama, the twisty indie thriller Beast, starts quite well, proceeds fairly well, then gets messy mid way and loses it in the last half hour. Jessie Buckley stars as disturbed 28-year-old […]

Sep, 18

The Fog * (2005, Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair, DeRay Davis, Kenneth Welsh) – Classic Movie Review 6007

With director John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and Halloween (1978) both profitably remade, it inevitably comes the turn of remaking his daft and unconvincing 1980 spook chiller The Fog. With the original being so feeble, there […]

Sep, 07

Move Over, Darling *** (1963, Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter, Chuck Connors, Fred Clark, Don Knotts) – Classic Movie Review 5,969

When Marilyn Monroe died, 20th Century Fox hastily revamped her unfinished movie Something’s Got To Give with a title change to Move Over, Darling (1963) as a vehicle for Doris Day. In 1962 the screwball comedy My […]

Aug, 25

Saturday Island [Island of Desire] *** (1952, Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter, Donald Gray, John Laurie, Lloyd Lamble, Peter Butterworth) – Classic Movie Review 5,907

Tab Hunter recalled how well he got on with Linda Darnell on the 1952 film Saturday Island [Island of Desire]: ‘She was sweet, patient and helpful, befriending an inexperienced kid. She even threw a surprise […]

Aug, 13

Ensign Pulver ** (1964, Robert Walker Jr, Burl Ives, Walter Matthau) – Classic Movie Review 5883

Producer-director Joshua Logan’s 1964 comedy sequel stars Robert Walker Jr as Ensign Pulver, but alas he is not up to stepping into the Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winning Jack Lemmon’s shoes in the original role in […]

Aug, 08

Hurricane * (1979, Jason Robards Jr, Mia Farrow, Trevor Howard Max von Sydow, Dayton Ka’Ne, Timothy Bottoms, James Keach) – Classic Movie Review 5742

This wet and windy 1979 update on John Ford’s 1937 adventure movie The Hurricane re-tells the story based on the novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall about a typhoon hitting a South Seas […]

Jul, 10

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