Derek Winnert

The Heiress ***** (1949, Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 2,446

William Wyler’s elegant 1949 film of Henry James’s 1880 novel Washington Square, set in 19th century New York, is supremely satisfying. The Heiress got great reviews and won four Oscars, with Olivia de Havilland taking […]

May, 02 · in Reviews

The Creeper *** (1948, Ralph Morgan, Eduardo Ciannelli, Onslow Stevens, June Vincent) – Classic Movie Review 2445

Ralph Morgan and Onslow Stevens star as experimenting research doctors Dr Lester Cavigny and Dr Jim Bordon, who are being assisted in their work by Gwen Runstrom (June Vincent). But the doctors are clashing and […]

May, 02 · in Reviews

This Island Earth **** (1955, Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason) – Classic Movie Review 2,444

Director Joseph Newman’s 1955 movie This Island Earth is a memorable, huge fun Fifties sci-fi thriller with a sprightly yarn about benevolent aliens kidnapping earthling scientists to save their planet. The film is fondly remembered […]

May, 02

It Came from Outer Space **** (1953, Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake) – Classic Movie Review 2,443

Jack Arnold’s 1953 black-and-white sci-fi film It Came from Outer Space is notable as the first in 3D from Universal studios. Barbara Rush won a Golden Globe as most promising female newcomer. Director Jack Arnold’s […]

May, 02

It Came from Beneath the Sea *** (1955, Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis) – Classic Movie Review 2442

Director Robert Gordon’s 1955 horror monster movie features an enormous octopus, or more properly actually a ‘sexopus’, whose job description is to cause havoc, chaos and destruction. It rises from out of the primordial Mindanao Deep […]

May, 01

Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead *** (2014, Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill) – Movie Review

Jay Gallagher stars as resilient mechanic and family man Barry. whose life is torn apart on a zombie apocalypse. Bianca Bradey plays his exceedingly tough sister Brooke, who is kidnapped by a team of sinister […]

May, 01

Spooks: The Greater Good **** (2015, Peter Firth, Kit Harington, Elyes Gabel, Jennifer Ehle, Tim McInnerny) – Movie Review

Peter Firth, who played British spy boss Harry Pearce for 86 TV episodes from 2002 to 2011 and appeared in all ten series of Spooks (aka MI-5), gets the rare honour of reviving the role […]

May, 01

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