Derek Winnert

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Ice Station Zebra **** (1968, Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, Tony Bill, Lloyd Nolan) – Classic Movie Review 6250

Director John Sturges’s pulsating 1968 adventure movie stars Rock Hudson as Commander James Ferraday, USN, who commands the US Navy nuclear submarine USS Tigerfish on a journey under the ice from its Scottish base to […]

Nov, 14

The Snowman ***** (1982, voice of David Bowie, Raymond Briggs) – Classic Movie Review 550

The famous must-see 1982 animated adventure The Snowman is about a young English boy who makes a snowman one Christmas Eve. ‘Walking in the Air’ is sung by Peter Auty. Apart from narration of the […]

Dec, 20

The Santa Clause **** (1994, Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson) – Classic Movie Review 519

‘Down the chimney? You want me to take the toys down the chimney into a strange house, IN MY UNDERWEAR?’ – Scott Calvin. Fancy a seasonal caper? Director John Pasquin’s 1994 Walt Disney movie The […]

Dec, 14

Santa Claus: The Movie *** (1985, Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Burgess Meredith, Judy Cornwell, Jeffrey Kramer, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle) – Classic Movie Review 518

The genial and lavish seasonal fantasy Santa Claus: The Movie comes from producer Alexander Salkind and writers David and Leslie Newman (all from the 1978 Superman movie). It was filmed at the 007 stage at […]

Dec, 14

The Polar Express **** (2004, Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, Michael Jeter) – Classic Movie Review 498

A little boy gets a ticket to ride aboard a magical steam train to meet Santa at his home in the North Pole on Christmas Eve, in the 2004 Christmas treat The Polar Express, the […]

Dec, 10

Elf **** (2003, Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen, Peter Dinklage, Michael Lerner, Zooey Deschanel) – Classic Movie Review 497

The hilarious Will Ferrell brings enormous Christmas cheer as Buddy, a six-foot-three North Pole elf, who comes to New York City to find his real dad, his birth father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan). Funny, quirky, charming, […]

Dec, 10

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