Derek Winnert

Halloween III: Season of the Witch *** (1983, Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O’Herlihy) – Classic Movie Review 4,232

Series creators John Carpenter and Debra Hill return as producers for the unrelated 1982 horror film Halloween III: Season of the Witch, the only entry that does not feature Michael Myers. Dan O’Herlihy stars as the evil genius maniacal toymaker. […]

Aug, 25 · in Uncategorized

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon **** (1998, Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Karl Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 4231

Finally, Derek Jacobi atones for his dreadful performance in Dead Again by grabbing hold of the part he he he was born for by the scruff of the neck and making it perfect. Jacobi plays […]

Aug, 25 · in Uncategorized

Jumper *** (2008, Hayden Christensen, Samuel L Jackson, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane, Michael Rooker) – Classic Movie Review 4229

Director Doug Liman’s attractive, entertainingly different 2008 sci-fi action adventure stars Hayden Christensen, Samuel L Jackson and Jamie Bell, with Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane, Michael Rooker, AnnaSophia Robb, Max Thieriot, Jesse James, Kristen Stewart and Tom Hulce as Mr Bowker. It starts […]

Aug, 24

The Wedding March ***** (1928, Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray, Zasu Pitts) – Classic Movie Review 4227

Ring the bells for this exhilarating silent movie classic, wayward director Erich von Stroheim’s last masterpiece, beautifully restored in a shining new print. The director himself entertainingly over-acts as Prince Nickolas von Wildeliebe-Rauffenburg – Nikki […]

Aug, 24

The White Balloon [Badkonake sefid] **** (1995, Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy) – Classic Movie Review 4226

Director Jafar Panahi’s intense Iranian winner of the 1995 Camera D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival is a nice try at something intelligent and different. This much admired film from Iran is well made and distinctly unsettling. […]

Aug, 24

Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine * (1965, Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Fred Clark, Susan Hart) – Classic Movie Review 4225

This ridiculous Sixties parody sci-fi comedy wastes Vincent Price, who shows his always eager-to-please good nature in his readiness to appear in absolutely anything. Price relishes hugely over-playing the mad doctor Goldfoot, who makes girlie robots […]

Aug, 24

Diva **** (1981, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer, Roland Bertin) – Classic Movie Review 4224

Young Parisian writer-director Jean-Jacques Beineix’s 1981 French thriller Diva is his witty, trendy and stylish film debut. Pushing a lot harder than most movies and turning its back on the realist mood of Seventies, Diva […]

Aug, 24

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