Derek Winnert

Fast Times at Ridgemont High [Fast Times] **** (1982, Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Nicolas Cage, Forest Whitaker, Eric Stoltz, Anthony Edwards, Ray Walston) – Classic Movie Review 4352

This often funny and fresh 1982 American high school comedy marks the screen-writing debut of Cameron Crowe, who went to write and direct the 1996 hit Jerry Maguire. It is a busy and engaging, if plotless, […]

Sep, 12 · in Uncategorized

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey *** (1993, Robert Hayes, Kim Griest, Jean Smart, voices Michael J Fox, Sally Field, Don Ameche) – Classic Movie Review 4351

Walt Disney Pictures’s sweet, amusing and engrossing 1993 family movie remake of its 1963 wildlife hit The Incredible Journey re-tells the tale of a trio of pets, two dogs and a cat, trekking across mountains, […]

Sep, 12 · in Reviews

The Spider ** (1945, Richard Conte, Faye Marlowe, Kurt Kreuger, John Harvey, Martin Kosleck, Ann Savage) – Classic Movie Review 4350

Richard Conte stars as a private detective caught in a web of crime after the death of mind-reader’s assistant The Spider Woman. Director Robert Webb’s 1945 American 20th Century Fox black and white crime mystery […]

Sep, 12

Spice World **½ (1997, Victoria Adams, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Richard E Grant) – Classic Movie Review 4349

If it’s Girl Power you really, really want [doesn’t that sound dated?], here’s the Fab Five who were then the Spice Girls pop group and a host of publicity-seeking stars to spice up your day. […]

Sep, 12

Chaplin *** (1992, Robert Downey Jr, Geraldine Chaplin, Dan Aykroyd, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, John Thaw, Anthony Hopkins) – Classic Movie Review 4348

American actor Robert Downey Jr was a controversial choice in the UK as the British silent comic actor and movie star who astoundingly was once the most famous man in the world, both as an […]

Sep, 12

The Brain from Planet Arous **½ (1957, John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller) – Classic Movie Review 4347

Nathan Juran’s so-terrible-it’s-fun movie The Brain from Planet Arous is bizarrely amusing virtually throughout, with acting and effects to match. It has survived years of terrible reviews to become a cult classic. It is silly […]

Sep, 11

Attack of the Puppet People ** (1958, John Agar, John Hoyt, June Kenney) – Classic Movie Review 4346

John Hoyt stars in story-writer/ director Bert I Gordon’s 1958 American International Pictures Sci-Fi movie with the familiar old tale about a mad, lonely scientist dollmaker called Mr Franz (Hoyt) who indulges himself with the terrible […]

Sep, 11

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