Derek Winnert

Superman *** (1948, Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Tommy Bond, Pierre Watkin) – Classic Movie Review 2244

The Daily Planet’s meek newsman Clark Kent gets into baggy tights, turns into the flying mighty Man of Steel, Superman, and battles with the scary Spider Lady in directors Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Carr’s […]

Mar, 07 · in Reviews

Superman II **** (1980, Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jack O’Halloran) – Classic Movie Review 2,240

Christopher Reeve claimed that Superman II (1980) is ‘the best of the series’ and he was right. Superman II was filmed back to back with the 1978 Superman and was three quarters completed when tensions arose […]

Mar, 07 · in Reviews

Superman III **½ (Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Annette O’Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn, Margot Kidder) – Classic Movie Review 2241

Christopher Reeve returns for his third outing as Superman who this time finds himself having to fight the rotten trio of mischievous computer keyboard genius Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) and evil siblings Ross and Vera […]

Mar, 07

Superman and the Mole Men *** (1951, George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey) – Classic Movie Review 2243

After a couple of serials, director Lee Sholem’s engaging 1951 comic book fantasy Superman and the Mole Men is the first Superman cinema feature. George Reeves takes over from Kirk Alyn as Superman/Clark Kent and Phyllis […]

Mar, 07

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace ** (1987, Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker, Mariel Hemingway, Marc McClure) – Classic Movie Review 2242

Christopher Reeve is back for one last time as The Man of Steel in director Sidney J Furie’s 1987 fourth and final episode in the series with a story and screenplay he co-wrote about Superman tackling […]

Mar, 07

Hyena **½ (2015, Peter Ferdinando, Stephen Graham, Neil Maskell, Elisa Lasowski, Richard Dormer, MyAnna Buring) – Movie Review

Another week, another London crime thriller. But this one is better than most, good enough to take seriously. Writer-director Gerard Johnson’s London cop thriller is gritty, well made, tough and very nasty in places. Hyena is not […]

Mar, 06

Life of Riley [Aimer, boire et chanter] **** (2014, Sabine Azéma, Hippolyte Girardot, Caroline Sihol) – Movie Review

Aimer, boire et chanter (Life of Riley) is the last film of great French director Alain Resnais, who died on March 1 2014, aged 91. He was perhaps best known for known for Night and Fog (1955), Hiroshima Mon […]

Mar, 05

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