Derek Winnert

Smiles of a Summer Night [Sommarnattens leende] **** (1955, Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand) – Classic Movie Review 3954

Swedish writer-director Ingmar Bergman’s enchanting 1955 bitter-sweet story about couples struggling to sort out their complicated romances at a weekend in the country in late-19th century Sweden makes for a delightful and sympathetic movie. There, the ageing […]

Jul, 01 · in Uncategorized

Not of This Earth ** (1988, Traci Lords, Arthur Roberts, Lenny Juliano) – Classic Movie Review 3955

Unfortunately more money spent on a bigger budget does not make Jim Wynorski’s 1988 first remake of the 1957 Roger Corman cult classic movie about a vampire alien arriving on Earth more interesting. Yes, it […]

Jul, 01 · in Uncategorized

Not of This Earth * (1995, Michael York, Parker Stevenson, Elizabeth Barondes) – Classic Movie Review 3956

Director Terence H Winkless’s quite bad and totally uncalled for 1995 movie is the second remake of the 1957 Roger Corman movie about a vampire alien arriving on Earth. Admittedly, it is decently special effects […]

Jul, 01

Not of This Earth *** (1957, Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones) – Classic Movie Review 3,916

Roger Corman’s enjoyable, efficient and imaginative vampire-plus-alien 1957 hybrid movie Not of This Earth features a classic prototype ghoul from outer space. A US small-town is disturbed by the arrival of a new neighbour, Paul […]

Jun, 30

Serious Charge *** (1959, Anthony Quayle, Sarah Churchill, Andrew Ray, Cliff Richard) – Classic Movie Review 3953

Director Terence Young’s 1959 British drama Serious Charge is based on a play by Philip King and really presents a couple of serious charges. Anthony Quayle stars as Howard Phillips, a vicar newly arrived in the […]

Jun, 30

Expresso Bongo **** (1959, Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Cliff Richard) – Classic Movie Review 3952

Director Val Guest’s 1959 British black and white musical drama Expresso Bongo is a fascinating period piece, and snapshot of a long-ago time and place. It is far more fragrant of its era than the Eighties homage movie […]

Jun, 30

Help! ***** (1965, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, Roy Kinnear) – Classic Movie Review 3951

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Immediately following up his hit A Hard Day’s Night (1963), director Richard Lester again captures much of the Beatles’ charisma and works on exploring something of what makes them tick in this funny, freewheeling, fanciful musical […]

Jun, 30

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