Derek Winnert

An American Werewolf in Paris ** (1997, Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy) – Classic Movie Review 2519

Co-writer/co-producer/director Anthony Waller’s long-awaited 1997 follow-up to John Landis’s1981 An American Werewolf in London proves a bit of a damp squib. Tom Everett Scott stars as young American Andy who is over in Paris, where […]

May, 25 · in Reviews

An American Werewolf in London ***** (1981, David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne) – Classic Movie Review 2518

Writer-director John Landis dazzlingly mixes full-out humour with full-on horror for this brilliant Oscar-winning 1981 classic tale of two naive young American college student tourists (David Naughton and Griffin Dunne) back-pack hiking in northern England […]

May, 25 · in Reviews

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea **** (1954, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas) – Classic Movie Review 2,517

Walt Disney’s thrilling, double Oscar-winning 1954 film version of the famous Jules Verne classic novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is one of the best of its sci-fi adventure type.  Director Richard Fleischer’s thrilling, double […]

May, 25

Fantastic Voyage **** (1966, Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O’Brien, Donald Pleasence, Arthur O’Connell, Arthur Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 2516

Director Richard Fleischer’s 1966 sci-fi cult favourite Fantastic Voyage stars Raquel Welch, who gives a notable turn as the sole woman among the crew of five doctors put into a capsule, shrunken to microscopic size […]

May, 25

Dheepan (2015, Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan) – Movie

Writer-director Jacques Audiard won his first Palme d’Or award in May 2015 for Dheepan, a drama about a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France with two strangers – a woman and a little […]

May, 25

An American in Paris ***** (1951, Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch, Georges Guétary) – Classic Movie Review 2515

Director Vincente Minnelli’s 1951 dance movie An American in Paris was a triumph for him and Gene Kelly, as well as Leslie Caron. Half a dozen Oscars, including Best Picture, poured down on this breath-taking MGM musical, […]

May, 24

Invitation to the Dance **** (1956, Gene Kelly, Tommy Rall, Igor Youskevitch, Carol Haney, Tamara Toumanova) – Classic Movie Review 2514

Gene Kelly delivers a personal project as writer, choreographer, director and star and turns it into a memorable occasion and pretty much a tour de force. It won the Golden Bear for Best Film at […]

May, 24

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