Derek Winnert

Lost in the Stars ** (1974, Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Raymond St Jacques, Clifton Davis) – Classic Movie Review 12,557

Lost in the Stars is the very sincere and well-meaning 1974 film version of the Kurt Weill-Maxwell Anderson Broadway stage musical adaptation of the 1948 Alan Paton novel Cry, the Beloved Country.  Directed by Daniel […]

Jun, 30 · in Reviews

The Flash *** (2023, Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú) – Classic Movie Review 12,556

The amusingly good-humoured 2023 sci-fi action adventure film The Flash stars Ezra Miller, along with Michael Keaton as retired Batman, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston and Maribel Verdú. Ezra Miller is better than the […]

Jun, 29 · in Reviews

Fort Yuma ** (1955, Peter Graves, Joan Vohs, John Hudson, Joan Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 12,555

Director Lesley Selander’s lusty 1955 Technicolor Western film Fort Yuma stars Peter Graves, Joan Vohs, John Hudson and Joan Taylor. It found itself in a censorship row, and many violent scenes had to be cut. […]

Jun, 29

Fort Defiance ** (1952, Dane Clark, Ben Johnson, Peter Graves) – Classic Movie Review 12,554

‘This is killer country… and the story of the guns that won its glory!’ Ben Johnson enlivens director John Rawlins’s modest, cheaply made 1952 colour Western film Fort Defiance as Ben Shelby, a never-say-die Texan, […]

Jun, 29

Fort Ti * (1953, George Montgomery, Joan Vohs, Irving Bacon, James Seay, Ben Astar) – Classic Movie Review 12,553

William Castle’s 1953 Western film Fort Ti stars George Montgomery and Joan Vohs. It is the first Western released in 3D and the first 3D feature released in Technicolor by a major studio. Director William […]

Jun, 29

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd * (1952, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke, Leif Erickson) – Classic Movie Review 12,552

Charles Laughton re-creates his 1945 role as the infamous pirate Captain Kidd for silly laughs in 1952. He signed on for cheap in a career slump. Abbott and Costello found a way to get their […]

Jun, 29

Intrigue **½ (1947, George Raft, June Havoc, Tom Tully, Helena Carter) – Classic Movie Review 12,551

The 1947 film noir crime thriller Intrigue stars George Raft as former smuggler turned hero Brad Dunham, who confronts hordes of heavies in post-war Shanghai and tracks down the head of a gang of black […]

Jun, 28

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