Derek Winnert

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Cactus Jack [The Villain] ** (1979, Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret, Paul Lynde, Ruth Buzzi) – Classic Movie Review 8281

Director Hal Needham’s 1979 over-broad, cartoonish comedy Western spoof Cactus Jack [The Villain] stars Kirk Douglas as a mane but incompetent outlaw called Cactus Jack Slade caught between his prey, the charming heroine Charming Jones (Ann-Margret) […]

Mar, 22

House II: The Second Story ** (1987, Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Royal Dano) – Classic Movie Review 8142

There is too much slapdash comedy in director Ethan Wiley’s 1987 House II: The Second Story, the even dafter yet still popular haunted mansion horror-thriller sequel to the 1986 hit House. It motors on a […]

Feb, 18

Lust in the Dust *** (1985, Tab Hunter, Divine, Lainie Kazan) – Classic Movie Review 4,102

The still outrageously tacky Seventies drag star Divine and the still very handsome Fifties and Sixties heart-throb Tab Hunter (nicknamed The Sigh Guy) reunite for the saucy, funny 1984 spaghetti Western spoof Lust in the […]

Jul, 30

Back to the Future Part III **** (1990, Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen) – Classic Movie Review 1935

For the final Back to the Future film of the trilogy in 1990, screenwriter Bob Gale comes up with the appealing idea to send Marty McFly (Michael J Fox) back to 1885. Marty has to […]

Dec, 08

Carry On Cowboy **** (1966, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Angela Douglas, Peter Butterworth, Bernard Bresslaw) – Classic Movie Review 1910

Director Gerald Thomas’s affectionate 1965 Western spoof Carry On Cowboy is one of the best, funniest and most ambitious of the series, with the director, producer Peter Rogers, writer Talbot Rothwell and the whole Carry […]

Dec, 03

Wild Wild West ** (1999, Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek) – Classic Movie Review 1777

Director Barry Sonnenfeld’s slack 1999 comedy is a carelessly handled and drossily scripted big-screen version of the 1965-69 TV series The Wild Wild West that gets by on the skills and charms of its stars, as […]

Oct, 24

My Little Chickadee **** (1940, Mae West, W C Fields, Joseph Calleia) – Classic Movie Review 1266

Director Edward F Cline’s attractive and appealing 1940 comedy My Little Chickadee provides the one and only screen teaming of all-time great comedy favourites Mae West and W C Fields and it is treasurable just […]

May, 31

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