Derek Winnert

Bride of the Gorilla * (1951, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr, Raymond Burr, Tom Conway, Paul Cavanagh) – Classic Movie Review 5288

‘Her clothes torn away, screaming in terror!’ Writer-director Curt Siodmak’s 1951 horror movie Bride of the Gorilla is a bizarre, but entertaining so-bad-it’s-good shocker, with preposterous voodoo curse things going on in a South American […]

Apr, 14 · in Reviews

Bride of the Monster * (1955, Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Tony McCoy) – Classic Movie Review 5,286

Bela Lugosi stars in his last speaking role in a feature film as mad professor Dr Eric Vornoff in Edward D Wood Jr’s 1955 horror and sci-fi mash-up Bride of the Monster.  This 1955 horror […]

Apr, 14 · in Reviews

Jean de Florette ***** (1986, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu) – Classic Movie Review 5284

Director Claude Berri’s magnificent first episode of his 1986 two-part film of the book by Marcel Pagnol tells an epic tale of greed in the French Provençal countryside. It is a French modern classic movie, […]

Apr, 14

Manpower *** (1941, Edward G Robinson, George Raft, Marlene Dietrich, Alan Hale Sr, Frank McHugh, Eve Arden, Ward Bond) – Classic Movie Review 5,285

Edward G Robinson and George Raft vie for Marlene Dietrich, in Raoul Walsh’s 1941 American crime melodrama film Manpower.  Edward G Robinson and George Raft star as power cable he-men Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall, who brave […]

Apr, 13

Manon des Sources [Manon of the Spring] ***** (1986, Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil) – Classic Movie Review 5283

Emmanuelle Béart stars as Manon, who has grown up to be a lovely shepherdess, in director Claude Berri’s haunting, compelling 1986 climax to author Marcel Pagnol’s two-part movie saga that began with Jean de Florette. […]

Apr, 13

Le Mans *** (1971, Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen) – Classic Movie Review 5282

Directors Lee H Katzin and John Sturges’s 1971 documentary-style sports action adventure drama allows Steve McQueen to bring his car-racing hobby to the screen in a fictional star role as Michael Delaney, a sullen American […]

Apr, 13

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London ** (2004, Frankie Muniz, Anthony Anderson, Hannah Spearritt) – Classic Movie Review 5281

In the hasty action adventure comedy sequel to 2003’s hit Agent Cody Banks, Frankie Muniz’s pint-sized spy Cody Banks this time finds himself in the middle of swinging London, rushing round all the usual obvious tourist […]

Apr, 13

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