Derek Winnert

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas *** (1982, Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors, Robert Mandan) – Classic Movie Review 7115

Larry L King and Peter Masterson’s merely pleasant but long-running Broadway musical (this very American show did not do well in London’s West End) is refurbished to suit the talents and personalities of Dolly Parton as Miss […]

Jun, 04 · in Reviews

The Black Orchid ** (1959, Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Ina Balin) – Classic Movie Review 7114

Director Martin Ritt’s 1959 romance The Black Orchid has good stars in Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn and Ina Balin and plenty of talent behind the cameras to try to make it work. But still it […]

Jun, 04 · in Reviews

Zapped! [The Whiz Kid] * (1982, Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Robert Mandan) – Classic Movie Review 7113

Director Robert J Rosenthal’s pretty awful 1982 horror sci-fi fantasy comedy parody Zapped! [aka The Whiz Kid] stars Scott Baio as high school chemistry student Barney Springboro, who has a laboratory accident and uses his new-found […]

Jun, 04

Cat-Women of the Moon [Rocket to the Moon] * (1953, Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory, Marie Windsor, William Phipps, Douglas Fowley, Susan Morrow) – Classic Movie Review 7112

The hilariously inept 1953 sci-fi B-movie Cat-Women of the Moon, filmed 3D, tells an endearingly silly story about spacemen finding the only life on the Moon comes from sexy, leotard-clad cat people. Director Arthur Hilton’s […]

Jun, 03

Leave No Trace **** (2018, Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Jeff Kober, Dale Dickey) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Debra Granik’s haunting 2018 outsider survivalist drama Leave No Trace is totally compelling and absolutely first rate. Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie star as troubled dad Will and his surprisingly grown-up 13-year-old daughter Tom, […]

Jun, 03

Yardie ** (2018, Aml Ameen, Stephen Graham, Fraser James ) – Movie Review

Idris Elba’s intriguing but shaky 2018 directorial debut Yardie is a decent and entertaining enough London gangland revenge crime thriller, but overall must count as a bit of disappointment. The problems are a weak period […]

Jun, 03

Hereditary **** (2018, Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd, Milly Shapiro) – Movie Review

Debut writer-director Ari Aster’s arty but scary horror mystery movie Hereditary has a lot of things going for it, though brevity and clarity are not among them. Of course he doesn’t need to explain his film, […]

Jun, 02

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