Derek Winnert

Fangs * (2002, Corbin Bernsen, Tracy Nelson, Whip Hubley) – Classic Movie Review 6393

Fangs ain’t what they used to be. Director Kelly Sandefur’s 2002 feature is a laughably silly horror movie, in which a small town’s residents fight genetically modified killer bats. It stars Whip Hubley, Tracy Nelson […]

Dec, 11 · in Reviews

They Came to Rob Las Vegas [Las Vegas, 500 millones] **** (1968, Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, Jack Palance, Lee J Cobb, Jean Servais) – Classic Movie Review 6,392

The thrilling 1968 heist caper film They Came to Rob Las Vegas stars Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, Lee J Cobb and Jack Palance in a tale of a crime outfit planning to rob $7 million […]

Dec, 11 · in Reviews

Fanfan La Tulipe [Fan-Fan the Tulip] **** (1952, Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand) – Classic Movie Review 6391

Director Christian-Jacque’s sunny, sweet-natured French 1952 swashbuckling romantic comedy adventure stars the dashingly handsome young Gérard Philipe as Fanfan, a cheeky soldier who enrolls in the wars of Louis XV (King of France from 1715 […]

Dec, 11

Holy Smoke ** (1999, Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 6390

Director Jane Campion co-writes the screenplay of her 1999 Australian drama film with her sister Anna. Confident and struggling at the same time, it is a peculiar, downright odd film, with attractive elements that include its oddness. […]

Dec, 11

Sweetie ** (1989, Geneviève Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos) – Classic Movie Review 6389

Début director Jane Campion’s 1989 Australian tragi-comedy film is the tale of two deeply weird sisters, the phobic Kay (Karen Colston), who is afraid of trees, and the deranged and extroverted Sweetie (Genevieve Lemon). They […]

Dec, 11

An Angel at My Table **** (1990, Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson) – Classic Movie Review 6388

Director Jane Campion’s extravagantly praised 1990 New Zealand film production is based on the autobiography of Janet Frame, in which the awkward, agonised, curly red-headed heroine struggles through mental hospital, school and college to liberation […]

Dec, 11

The Piano **** (1993, Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker) – Classic Movie Review 6387

Director Jane Campion’s triumphant 1993 romantic drama is probably her best, most famous, most successful movie. On a $7 million cost, it earned $40 million in the US alone. It won three Oscars, for Best Actress […]

Dec, 10

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