Derek Winnert

Slumdog Millionaire ***** (2008, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Irrfan Khan, Anil Kapoor) – Classic Movie Review 2907

Director Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire triumphed at the 2009 Oscars, winning eight, including Best Motion Picture, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy) and Best Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle). A long, atmospheric film […]

Sep, 13 · in Reviews

Dartmoor Killing *** (2015, Rebecca Night, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Callum Blue, David Hayman, Lewis Peek) – Movie Review

Late twenty-something townies Susan and Becky (Rebecca Night, Gemma-Leah Devereux) leave the town for a quiet weekend hiking on Dartmoor. Haven’t they seen any movies? Don’t go on the moors! Some weird bloke called Chris […]

Sep, 13 · in Reviews

The Ghoul **** (1933, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Ralph Richardson, Kathleen Harrison, Cedric Hardwicke) – Classic Movie Review 2,905

‘From the Depths of the Earth, He Will Rise.’ Boris Karloff returns in triumph to his home country for the great eerie fun 1933 British black and white horror movie The Ghoul. ‘An Ancient Curse […]

Sep, 12

The Giant Spider Invasion * (1975, Steve Brodie, Barbara Hale, Alan Hale Jr, Robert Easton, Leslie Parrish, Bill Williams) – Classic Movie Review 2903

Co-producer/director Bill Rebane’s unintentionally hilarious 1975 sci-fi horror monster movie features giant 15-meter spiders from another dimension. Upset by a meteor that lands on a North Wisconsin farm and subsequent nuclear fallout, the spiders leap from […]

Sep, 12

The Giant Claw ** (1957, Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum) – Classic Movie Review 2,902

Fred F Sears’s laughably simple-minded 1957 low-budget sci-fi horror monster movie The Giant Claw stars Jeff Morrow and Mara Corday as scientists Mitch and Sally. The mythical creature intended as the film’s showpiece is a […]

Sep, 12

The Giant of Marathon [La battaglia di Maratona] *** (1959, Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot, Sergio Fantoni) – Classic Movie Review 2904

Director Jacques Tourneur’s engaging 1959 swashbuckling sword-and-sandal historical adventure is an American-Italian-French co-production, involving Titanus, Galatea and MGM. It is filmed at the  Titanus studios in Rome. A suddenly incredibly popular and busy Steve Reeves, […]

Sep, 12

The Giant Behemoth [Behemoth the Sea Monster] *** (1959, Gene Evans, André Morell, Leigh Madison, John Turner, Jack MacGowran, Maurice Kaufmann) – Classic Movie Review 2,901

The 1959 British sci-fi horror film The Giant Behemoth is entertaining, charming and fun. Willis H O’Brien designs and directs the enjoyable stop-motion animation scenes, as a giant marine monster menaces London. Eugène Lourié’s 1959 […]

Sep, 12

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