Derek Winnert

Free State of Jones **** (2016, Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali) – Movie Review

Matthew McConaughey stars as disillusioned Confederate army deserter Newton Knight, a defiant Southern farmer who returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters, runaway slaves and women in an armed rebellion against the corrupt […]

Oct, 02 · in Reviews

The Magnificent Seven ** (2016, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Peter Sarsgaard, Haley Bennett) – Movie Review

Denzel Washington and Vincent D’Onofrio give outstandingly strong performances in director Antoine Fuqua’s sturdy and sometimes impressive remake of the classic 1960 Western, The Magnificent Seven. However, Peter Sarsgaard is a lot less convincing in […]

Oct, 02 · in Reviews

Crypt of the Vampire [La Cripta e l’Incubo] [Terror in the Crypt] ** (1964, Christopher Lee, Adriana Ambesi, Ursula Davis, José Campos, Véra Valmont, Friedrich Klauss, Angel Midlin) – Classic Movie Review 4450

Christopher Lee is the ideal star as Count Ludwig Karnstein in director Camillo Mastrocinque’s atmospheric but slackly paced 1964 Italian Gothic horror film La Cripta e l’Incubo, aka Terror in the Crypt or Crypt of the […]

Oct, 02

Corridor of Mirrors *** (1948, Eric Portman, Edana Romney, Barbara Mullen, Hugh Sinclair, Joan Maude, Lois Maxwell, Alan Wheatley) – Classic Movie Review 4449

The 1948 British noir mystery thriller film Corridor of Mirrors stars Eric Portman and Edana Romney in her sole starring vehicle, and is the film debut of both director Terence Young and Christopher Lee. Eric […]

Oct, 02

Motorcycle Gang *½ (1957, Anne Neyland, Steven Terrell, John Ashley, Carl Switzer, Raymond Hatton, Wayne Taylor, Russ Bender) – Classic Movie Review 4448

Anne Neyland, Steven Terrell and John Ashley star in director Edward L Cahn’s campy, amusingly dated same year remake of Dragstrip Girl (1957). Lou Rusoff cannibalises his own original story for the new screenplay. In the semi-revised storyline, a troublemaker returns to town […]

Oct, 02

The Castle of the Living Dead [Il castello dei morti vivi] **½ (1964, Christopher Lee, Gaia Germani, Philippe Leroy, Donald Sutherland) – Classic Movie Review 4447

Director Luciano Ricci’s 1964 black and white Italian Gothic horror movie The Castle of the Living Dead [Il Castello dei Morti Vivi] is creaky but interesting and full of eerie atmosphere. And, thankfully, it stars […]

Oct, 02

The She Beast [La Sorella di Satana] [Revenge of the Blood Beast] *** (1966, Barbara Steele, John Karlsen, Ian Ogilvy) – Classic Movie Review 4446

Briitsh writer-director Michael Reeves first worked in Italy, where he made his debut directing the micro-budget (£15,000) La Sorella di Satana (1966), remembered for its star appearance by horror icon Barbara Steele, who worked on the film […]

Oct, 02

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