Derek Winnert

Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle ** (2003, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore, John Cleese, Bernie Mac, Rodrigo Santoro) – Classic Movie Review 2913

The angelic babes are back in director McG’s 2003 sequel to his 2000 Charlie’s Angels, larking around again to our hearts content as Charlie’s girls in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. This frothy follow-up starts where […]

Sep, 16 · in Reviews

Arabesque ***½ (1966, Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore) – Classic Movie Review 2,912

Arabesque (1966) Stanley Donen’s 1966 film Arabesque tries to repeat the success of his Charade (1963) with another romantic pair (Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren) thrown into another escapist Hitchcock-style thriller plot, with spies, intrigue, double […]

Sep, 15 · in Reviews

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment ***** (1966, David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Stephens) – Classic Movie Review 2911

Director Karel Reisz’s modishly trendy razzle-dazzle 1966 comedy Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment is another pillar of the Swinging Sixties British New Wave cinema. It’s a lovely, funny, appealing film with irrepressible zest and […]

Sep, 14

The Knack… and How to Get It **** (1965, Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 2910

Director Richard Lester’s trendily modish 1965 British comedy was a box-office and critical success, as the 1965 Cannes Palme d’Or winner. Lester’s appealingly frenzied version of Ann Jellicoe’s stage play boasts a witty screenplay by Charles […]

Sep, 14

The Golem [Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam] ***** (1920, Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch) – Classic Movie Review 2909

Director Paul Wegener and Carl Boese’s stylish, captivating and influential 1920 German silent version of the monster story is one of cinema’s great classics. Albert Steinruck stars as a rabbi, Der Rabbi Löw, who is building […]

Sep, 13

The Ghoul ** (1975, Peter Cushing, John Hurt, Alexandra Bastedo) – Classic Movie Review 2906

Director Freddie Francis’s 1975 British horror movie is an unusual, strenuous tale of terror in the attic, with the odd imaginative touch glittering among a generous helping of horror-movie clichés. Anthony Hinds’s plot is certainly […]

Sep, 13

Goliath and the Barbarians [Il terrore dei barbari] *** (1959, Steve Reeves, Bruce Cabot, Giulia Rubini, Chelo Alonso, Arturo Dominici, Gino Scotti) – Classic Movie Review 2908

Steve Reeves stars as Goliath in the 1959 Italian peplum film Il terrore dei barbari [Goliath and the Barbarians].  ‘10,000 Sights… 10,000 Thrills… The Fabulous Giant of Giants!’ Co-writer/ director Carlo Campogalliani’s 1959 Italian sword and sandal […]

Sep, 13

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