Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Steptoe and Son *** (1972, Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett, Carolyn Seymour, Arthur Howard, Victor Maddern, Mike Reid, Barrie Ingham, Queenie Watts) – Classic Movie Review 6879

The TV stars Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett successfully re-create their delightful performances as Steptoe and Son and there is some funny writing from television creator-writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, re-working material they […]

Apr, 03 · in Uncategorized

Mutiny on the Buses * (1972, Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 6878

Director Harry Booth’s saucy slice-of-life 1972 British comedy is the middle film in the 1969 to 1973 ITV show film spinoff series, following 1971’s On the Buses. It tries its best, and there are a few […]

Apr, 03 · in Uncategorized

Holiday on the Buses * (1973, Reg Varney, Stephen Lewis, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen, Bob Grant) – Classic Movie Review 6877

Director Bryan Izzard’s 1973 British comedy is the third and final film spinoff from the hit TV show and sees comedy god Reg Varney back as bus conductor Stan Butler, who goes on a busman’s […]

Apr, 02

Confessions from a Holiday Camp ** (1977, Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Bill Maynard, Sheila White, Doris Hare, Liz Fraser, Linda Hayden, John Junkin, Lance Percival, David Auker) – Classic Movie Review 6,876

The gang is back for the 1977 sex comedy film Confessions from a Holiday Camp, the fourth and final saucy outing, revealing what Timmy Lea (Robin Askwith) and Sid Noggett (Anthony Booth) get up to […]

Apr, 02

Confessions of a Driving Instructor ** (1976, Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Bill Maynard, Sheila White, Doris Hare, Liz Fraser, Windsor Davies, Irene Handl, George Layton, Lynda Bellingham) – Classic Movie Review 6.875

The mucky 1976 British sex comedy film Confessions of a Driving Instructor finds plucky Robin Askwith back for a third time as Timmy Lea, now as a driving instructor enjoying yet another series of sexual […]

Apr, 02

Confessions of a Pop Performer ** (1975, Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Bill Maynard, Sheila White, Doris Hare, Bob Todd, Jill Gascoine) – Classic Movie Review 6874

Robin Askwith cheerfully returns to give another cheeky performance as the randy young Timothy Lea in the 1975 comedy sequel Confessions of a Pop Performer. ‘What a Performer!’ In the follow-up to the 1974 hit […]

Apr, 02

Isle of Dogs **** (2018, voices of Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton) – Movie Review

Writer-producer-director Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated comedy feature is a posh quirky treat – witty, clever and consistently amusing. It is rich and strange, but directly appealing, and, with its beautiful animation, quite the smart-looking art object […]

Apr, 01

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