Derek Winnert

The Face of Fu Manchu **** (1965, Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, Tsai Chin, Howard Marion-Crawford, James Robertson Justice, Walter Rilla, Joachim Fuchsburger, Karin Dor) – Classic Movie Review 2945

Director Don Sharp’s brisk and entertaining 1965 British-West German crime thriller horror movie is the first and best of five Twenties period thrillers featuring Christopher Lee as Sax Rohmer’s dastardly super-villain character Fu Manchu, who surprisingly […]

Oct, 03 · in Uncategorized

The Vengeance of Fu Manchu ** (1967, Christopher Lee, Douglas Wilmer, Howard Marion-Crawford, Wolfgang Kieling, Tony Ferrer, Tsai Chin, Bert Kwouk) – Classic Movie Review 2944

Writer-producer Harry Alan Towers’s 1967 horror movie is number three in the Fu Manchu series of five films, with Christopher Lee continuing his welcome impersonation of the wicked oriental one – The Most Evil Man […]

Oct, 03 · in Uncategorized

The Brides of Fu Manchu *** (1966, Christopher Lee, Douglas Wilmer, Howard Marion-Crawford, Marie Versini, Heinz Drache, Tsai Chin, Joseph Furst, Carole Gray, Rupert Davies) – Classic Movie Review 2943

Director Don Sharp’s capable 1966 horror movie is an acceptable sequel to 1965’s The Face of Fu Manchu, with Christopher Lee back as Sax Rohmer’s Chinese devil, the Master of Evil. It’s the second of […]

Oct, 02

Brides of Dracula ***½ (1960, Peter Cushing, David Peel, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur, Freda Jackson, Mona Washbourne) – Classic Movie Review 2,942

Peter Cushing returns as vampire hunter Dr Van Helsing in Hammer Films’ 1960 horror film Brides of Dracula, Terence Fisher’s first sequel to the 1958 Dracula, but David Peel replaces Christopher Lee as chief vampire […]

Oct, 02

Brideshead Revisited *** (2008, Ben Whishaw, Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Hayley Atwell, Joseph Beattie, Felicity Jones, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon) – Classic Movie Review 2941

Director Julian Jarrold’s conscientious, sumptuous and costly ($20 million) remake for the cinema of Brideshead Revisited in 2008 of the much loved 1981 classic of British TV drama Brideshead Revisited is an effective adaptation of […]

Oct, 02

Bright Star *** (2009, Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Paul Schneider, Kerry Fox, Edie Martin, Thomas Brodie-Sangster) – Classic Movie Review 2940

This worthy but dull 2009 fictional romantic biopic is based on the last three years of the life of poet John Keats and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne. The acting, though, is inspiring. Ben Whishaw […]

Oct, 02

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer **** (2006, Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood) – Classic Movie Review 2939

Director Tom Tykwer’s lovingly crafted 2006 period serial killer movie Perfume: The Story of a Murderer isn’t to be sniffed at. Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger and Tykwer’s screenplay makes an involving, often thrilling job of […]

Oct, 02

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