Derek Winnert

The Producers ***** (1968, Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars) – Classic Movie Review 1,942

Mel Brooks’ inspired 1968 first film The Producers is a wonderfully tasteless look at the devilish staging of a Broadway flop. Writer-director Mel Brooks’s inspired 1968 first film The Producers is a wonderfully tasteless look […]

Dec, 09 · in Reviews

High Anxiety **** (1977, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman) – Classic Movie Review 1,940

Billed as a ‘Psycho-comedy’, Mel Brooks’s hectic and hilarious 1977 spoof comedy film High Anxiety is a warm and affectionate toast to Alfred Hitchcock. Billed as a ‘Psycho-comedy’, co-writer director Mel Brooks’s engagingly hectic and hilarious 1977 […]

Dec, 09 · in Reviews

Young Frankenstein ***** (1974, Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, Gene Hackman) – Classic Movie Review 1,939

Mel Brooks’s deservedly much-loved 1974 horror comedy film masterpiece Young Frankenstein mixes homage and spoof to perfection. Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle and Marty Feldman are beyond brilliant. Director Mel Brooks’s deservedly much-loved horror comedy masterpiece Young […]

Dec, 09

The Devil Rides Out **** (1968, Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Patrick Mower, Paul Eddington, Sarah Lawson) – Classic Movie Review 1,938

Director Terence Fisher’s thrilling and scary 1968 Hammer Films occult horror film The Devil Rides Out stars Christopher Lee, who relishes being cast against type as the hero Duc de Richleau, and Charles Gray as […]

Dec, 09

The Abominable Dr Phibes **** (1971, Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Hugh Griffith, Terry-Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 1,937

Vincent Price gleefully seizes his opportunity in his ideal role as crazed, vengeful Dr Anton Phibes, in the blood-lusty 1971 black comedy horror movie The Abominable Dr Phibes. Director Robert Fuest’s blood-lusty 1971 black comedy […]

Dec, 08

Theatre of Blood **** (1973, Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Diana Dors) – Classic Movie Review 1936

Director Douglas Hickox’s engagingly outrageous 1973 British horror farce movie Theatre of Blood provides an ideal showcase for Vincent Price, whose talent for succulent over-acting is lavishly displayed when he plays crazed thespian Edward Lionheart, […]

Dec, 08

Back to the Future Part II **** (1989, Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 1934

Director Robert Zemeckis and the original cast return in 1989 for a neat sequel to the 1985 blockbuster. This time Marty McFly (Michael J Fox) and Doc Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) jump into their DeLorean […]

Dec, 08

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