Derek Winnert

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The Dawn Rider *** (1935, John Wayne, Marion Burns, Dennis Moore) – Classic Movie Review 7130

Writer-director Robert N Bradbury’s 1935 The Dawn Rider is another early John Wayne low-budget B-movie Western with a then lanky young John playing John Mason out for revenge when the bad guys kill his loving father […]

Jun, 07

The Comedy of Terrors **** (1963, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Joe E Brown) – Classic Movie Review 5385

Vincent Price stars in the funny 1963 black comedy horror movie The Comedy of Terrors as the evil undertaker Waldo Trumbull, who owes a year’s rent and lacks customers, so he finds a neat solution […]

May, 02

Tales from the Crypt *** (1972, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Ralph Richardson, Richard Greene, Nigel Patrick, Barbara Murray, Roy Dotrice, Robin Phillips, Patrick Magee, Geoffrey Bayldon) – Classic Movie Review 3105

Director Freddie Francis’s ghoulish 1972 British portmanteau chiller stars Sir Ralph Richardson as The Crypt Keeper, an evil monk, who shows a vision of the future to five people lost on a tour through some […]

Nov, 28

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape **** (1993, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen) – Classic Movie Review 593

Director Lasse Hallström‘s deliciously sweet movie from 1993 is an enormously appealing heart-warmer. In a bit of a potential minefield, it doesn’t ever put a foot wrong. Johnny Depp stars as Gilbert Grape, who lives in Endora, […]

Dec, 30

Scrooge [A Christmas Carol] ***** (1951, Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley) – Classic Movie Review 552

The 1951 seasonal delight Scrooge [A Christmas Carol] is the simply best movie version of the Charles Dickens classic story A Christmas Carol. Alastair Sim gives a bravura performance as the old miserly skinflint Ebenezer […]

Dec, 20

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