Derek Winnert

Futureworld *** (1976, Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, Yul Brynner) – Classic Movie Review 6006

Director Richard T Heffron’s 1976 welcome and successful sequel to Westworld (1973) sees the robots from Westworld replicate famous people to try to achieve control of the planet. Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner star as reporters […]

Aug, 31 · in Uncategorized

Top Secret! **** (1984, Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp, Warren Clarke, Michael Gough) – Classic Movie Review 6,005

  Making his film debut in the 1984 spoof Top Secret!, Val Kilmer raises lots of laughs as Nick Rivers, a rock ‘n’ roll singer hero mixed up with Nazis, a beautiful heroine and the […]

Aug, 31 · in Reviews

Top Secret [Mr Potts Goes to Moscow] *** (1952, George Cole, Oscar Homolka, Nadia Gray, Frederick Valk, Wilfrid Hyde White, Ronald Adams) – Classic Movie Review 6004

Producer-director Mario Zampi ensures that madcap satirical comedy ensues when double-dealing Russian Communists seize English government research plant plumber/ sanitary engineer Mr Potts (George Cole) who has gone on holiday to Moscow with vital secret plans […]

Aug, 30

Dr Phibes Rises Again *** (1972, Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Cushing, Beryl Reid, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 6,003

Co-writer/ director Robert Fuest’s 1972 kitsch, theatrical and extravagant horror movie Dr Phibes Rises Again is the welcome sequel to The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971), bringing the great Vincent Price back on the campy rampage […]

Aug, 30

Too Many Crooks **** (1959, Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Bresslaw, Sidney James, Joe Melia, Vera Day) – Classic Movie Review 6002

Director Mario Zampi’s nimble and nifty 1959 British crime comedy stars the irreplaceable comedy gods Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Bernard Bresslaw and Sidney James, who of course greatly enliven this daft but amusing satire on racketeer […]

Aug, 30

The Prince of Thieves ** (1948, Jon Hall, Patricia Morison, Adele Jergens) –  Classic Movie Review 6001

Director Howard Bretherton’s 1948 Columbia Pictures’ Robin Hood film is a pleasantly acceptable adventure as a young person’s time-passer. Jon Hall stars as a roguish Robin Hood, who ensures that the Lady Christabel (Adele Jergens) […]

Aug, 29

The Toolbox Murders *** (1978, Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Nicolas Beauvy, Wesley Eure) – Classic Movie Review 6000

Pamelyn Ferdin and Nicholas Beauvy star as a couple, Laurie and Joey Ballard, who move into an LA hotel apartment complex. And that is unfortunate because there the young women are being terrorised by a […]

Aug, 29

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