Derek Winnert

The Bat *** (1959, Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 3,591

‘When it flies, someone dies!’ The right stars in Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead crank up the enjoyably creaky 1959 American crime-mystery thriller film The Bat. The right stars in Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead crank […]

Apr, 19 · in Reviews

The Prince and the Pauper [Crossed Swords] *** (1977, Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Harry Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 3590

In his last major film to date before he gave up acting, a grown-up Mark Lester (from Oliver!) plays both title roles, Henry VIII’s son Prince Edward and the lookalike urchin, Tom Canty, with whom […]

Apr, 18 · in Reviews

The Prince and the Pauper **** (1937, Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Billy Mauch, Bobby Mauch) – Classic Movie Review 3589

Errol Flynn (as Miles Hendon), Claude Rains and twins Billy Mauch and Bobby Mauch [Robert J Mauch] lead Warner Bros’ invigorating version of the famous old Mark Twain tale about two lookalike lads born on the […]

Apr, 18

The Prince and Me ** (2004, Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Ben Miller, Miranda Richardson, James Fox) – Classic Movie Review 3588

Director Martha Coolidge’s 2004 romcom stars Julia Stiles as US student Paige, who falls in love with her cute classmate Edvard (Luke Mably), little knowing that he’s really a Danish prince, enjoying a private life […]

Apr, 18

Pride and Prejudice ***½ (1940, Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Edmund Gwenn, Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver, Ann Rutherford, Maureen O’Sullivan, Heather Angel, Marsha Hunt, Melville Cooper, E E Clive, Claud Alister) – Classic Movie Review 3587

Jane Austen’s best-loved novel is effectively dramatised via a stage version and brought to the screen smoothly by director Robert Z Leonard in 1940, as the brash and brassy MGM studio meets refined and reluctant […]

Apr, 18

The Mad Magician **½ (1954, Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Patrick O’Neal) – Classic Movie Review 3586

Director John Brahm’s modestly engaging and entertaining 1954 horror movie finds the right star in Vincent Price, who puts in his usual enjoyably manic and camp performance as The Mad Magician Don Gallico, the creator of magic […]

Apr, 17

Mad Love ** (1995, Chris O’Donnell, Drew Barrymore, Matthew Lillard) – Classic Movie Review 3585

Quiet Seattle high-school student Matt (Chris O’Donnell) is attracted to kookie rebel Casey (Drew Barrymore), but his mad love makes him unaware that she has got some deep problems in her head. Director Antonia Bird’s […]

Apr, 17

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