Derek Winnert

Warlock **** (1989, Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E Grant) – Classic Movie Review 4412

Julian Sands stars as the pure evil Warlock, hotly pursued by witchfinder Giles Redferne (Richard E Grant), in the often thrilling and sometimes terrifying 1989 supernatural horror movie Warlock. Julian Sands stars as the pure […]

Sep, 26 · in Reviews

The Giant Gila Monster ** (1959, Don Sullivan, Lisa Simone, Shug Fisher, Ken Knox, Fred Graham) – Classic Movie Review 4411

Director Ray Kellogg’s low-budget 1959 sci-fi monster movie stars Don Sullivan, Lisa Simone,  Shug Fisher (as the comedy relief) and KLIF disc jockey Ken Knox. Of course it is pretty bad, but it is a fun Fifties B-movie cult classic. Teens are […]

Sep, 26 · in Uncategorized

Room Service **** (1938, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson, Donald MacBride) – Classic Movie Review 4410

Director William A Seiter’s 1938 movie is an amusing Marx Brothers comedy, less zany and frantic than some of their earlier frantic farces, but still packed with funny sight gags and Groucho’s witty one-liners. Despite […]

Sep, 25

Folly to be Wise *** (1952, Alastair Sim, Elizabeth Allan, Roland Culver) – Classic Movie Review 4409

Co-writer, co-producer director Frank Launder’s 1952 British film version of James Bridie’s now faded, not ever too special play It Depends What You Mean, is still mildly amusing, with the delight of Alastair Sim recreating […]

Sep, 25

The Terrornauts * (1967, Simon Oates, Zena Marshall, Charles Hawtrey, Patricia Hayes, Stanley Meadows, Max Adrian) – Classic Movie Review 4408

Director Montgomery Tully’s insipid 1967 science fiction film The Terrornauts for Amicus Productions was released with They Came from Beyond Space in a flop double bill famously comprising ‘the two worst films the company ever produced’. Zena Marshall stars as Sandy […]

Sep, 24

Tess **** (1979, Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson) – Classic Movie Review 4407

Co-writer/ director Roman Polanski delivers a rich, faithful, spirited and satisfying 1979 film version of the Thomas Hardy novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Tess was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture and went […]

Sep, 24

They Came from Beyond Space * (1967, Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin, Bernard Kay, Michael Gough) – Classic Movie Review 4,406

Robert Hutton stars in director Freddie Francis’s cheap, daft and unconvincing 1967 British sci-ci chiller film They Came from Beyond Space as Dr Curtis Temple, an astro-physicist who, it turns out, can save the world. […]

Sep, 24

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