Derek Winnert

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It! ** (1967, Roddy McDowall, Jill Haworth, Paul Maxwell) – Classic Movie Review 7292

‘He who in the 20th century shall dare evoke me, beware, for neither by fire, nor water, nor force, nor anything by man created can I be destroyed.’ Producer, screenwriter, director Herbert J Leder’s 1967 […]

Jul, 15

Ocean’s Eight ** (2018, Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Helena Bonham Carter, Awkwafina) – Movie Review

Sandra Bullock stars as heist mastermind Danny Ocean’s sister Debbie Ocean, who gets out of jail after five years and assembles an all-female team to rob the New York City’s yearly Met Gala of a priceless Cartier […]

Jun, 14

The Stupids ** (1996, Tom Arnold, Jessica Lundy, Bug Hall, Alex McKenna) – Classic Movie Review 6648

The title The Stupids gives cause for great fear, but this 1996 movie turns out to be a surprisingly tolerable comic-book comedy, with a genial and funny star turn by Tom Arnold as Stanley Stupid, […]

Feb, 04

How to Steal a Million *** (1966, Audrey Hepburn, Peter O’Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith, Charles Boyer) – Classic Movie Review 5682

Peter O’Toole and Audrey Hepburn make a lovely couple and sail effortlessly though the 1966 caper film How to Steal a Million.  You might expect something a little bit more polished and classier – maybe […]

Jun, 28

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing *** (1975, Helen Hayes, Peter Ustinov, Derek Nimmo, Clive Revill, Joan Sims) – Classic Movie Review 5430

Director Robert Stevenson’s old-style 1975 Twenties period Walt Disney dinosaur family adventure comedy movie offers plenty of good fun and frolics. It stars Peter Ustinov, dodgily cast as Hnup Wan of the Chinese London Intelligence Office, […]

May, 11

Curse of the Faceless Man *** (1958, Richard Anderson, Elaine Edwards, Adele Mara, Luis Van Rooten, Gar Moore, Felix Locher) – Classic Movie Review 5299

‘Entombed for eons – turned to stone – seeking women, women, women!’ Stone-encrusted Pompeii lava-man Quintillus Aurelius (Bob Bryant) is found petrified in the ground and unearthed by an excavator. He then rises up from […]

Apr, 16

Francofonia ***½ (2015, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Benjamin Utzerath, Vincent Nemeth, Johanna Korthals Altes, Aleksandr Sokurov) – Movie Review

Russian writer-director Aleksandr Sokurov’s self-consciously eccentric 2015 mix of documentary and drama is provocative and fascinating. Sometimes, it is well worth trying something out of your usual comfort zone. Sokurov fills the screen with some great ideas […]

Nov, 09

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