Derek Winnert

Le Serpent [The Serpent] *** (1973, Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde, Farley Granger, Philippe Noiret, Virna Lisi, Michel Bouquet) – Classic Movie Review 5992

Co-writer/ producer/ director Henri Verneuil’s 1973 French movie for the international market is a standard, Seventies realist spy-thriller, with a gritty, sombre tone. It boasts an exceptional star line-up, which is one of its main […]

Aug, 29 · in Uncategorized

The Wheeler Dealers [Separate Beds] *** (1963, James Garner, Lee Remick, Phil Harris, Chill Wills, Jim Backus, Louis Nye, John Astin) – Classic Movie Review 5991

The friendly, glossy 1963 satirical romantic comedy film The Wheeler Dealers stars James Garner as a stock-market mogul who storms the business world with an imaginary product. Even changing the title for the UK from […]

Aug, 29 · in Reviews

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre *** (2003, Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour, Andrew Bryniarski, R Lee Ermey) – Classic Movie Review 5989

Five terrified teens are stuck in a 1973 Texas town and fighting for their lives against a crazy chainsaw-wielding monster, the chilling masked Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski), and his cannibal family. Director Marcus Nispel’s hit 2003 […]

Aug, 29

Weekend ***** (1967, Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Pierre Kalfon) – Classic Movie Review 5990

The thrilling 1967 post-modern black comedy movie Weekend is an outstanding example of French surreal avant-garde cinema from the prime of writer-director Jean-Luc Godard, in which Mireille Darc and Jean Yanne play a Parisian married couple, […]

Aug, 28

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation * (1994, Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Jacks) – Classic Movie Review 5988

Following the flop of Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III in 1990, the revamped Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise returns in 1994 with original co-writer Kim Henkel as writer, co-producer and director. But despite that, and being […]

Aug, 28

Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III * (1990, Kate Hodge, Ken Foree, R.A. Mihailoff, William Butler, Viggo Mortensen) – Classic Movie Review 5987

Three people – a California couple and a survivalist – confront the family of lethally crazy cannibals from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 – Leatherface and his family. Little fresh […]

Aug, 28

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ** (1986, Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow) – Classic Movie Review 5986

Graphic gore takes over from psychological horror in Tobe Hooper’s disappointing 1986 sequel, made for producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus at Cannon Films, for whom he had made Lifeforce in 1985. Hooper returns from […]

Aug, 28

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