Derek Winnert

Carry On Cowboy **** (1966, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Angela Douglas, Peter Butterworth, Bernard Bresslaw) – Classic Movie Review 1910

Director Gerald Thomas’s affectionate 1965 Western spoof Carry On Cowboy is one of the best, funniest and most ambitious of the series, with the director, producer Peter Rogers, writer Talbot Rothwell and the whole Carry […]

Dec, 03 · in Reviews

Carry On Regardless *** (1961, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Bill Owen, Liz Fraser, Hattie Jacques) – Classic Movie Review 1909

Director Gerald Thomas’s 1961 comedy of misunderstandings Carry On Regardless is the fifth Carry On movie. It is the one about the Helping Hands employment agency, whose boss, Bert Handy (Sidney James) assigns odd jobs to bungling odd-job […]

Dec, 02 · in Reviews

Carry On Constable *** (1960, Sidney James, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Leslie Phillips) – Classic Movie Review 1,908

Gerald Thomas’s 1960 laughter-raiser Carry On Constable is number four in the Carry On series of 31 films. Sid James stars as police Sgt Frank Wilkins trying to cope with comic cops Kenneth Connor, Kenneth […]

Dec, 01

Carry On Cabby **** (1963, Sidney James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Esma Cannon, Liz Fraser, Jim Dale) – Classic Movie Review 1,907

Sid James and Hattie Jacques are on their best form in the 1963 British comedy film Carry On Cabby, one of the most definitive entries in the series.   Director Gerald Thomas’s 1963 British comedy […]

Dec, 01

Common People ** (2013, Sam Kelly, Diana Payan) – Movie Review

Joint directors Kerry Skinner and Stewart Alexander’s indie ensemble project weaves together six stories and 30 characters for a dramatic and humorous panorama of romance, crisis and adventure on Tooting Common, South London. Common People is a nice little […]

Dec, 01

Carry On Dick *** (1974, Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques) – Classic Movie Review 1906

‘Dick Turpin carries on with his flintlock cocked!’ Madame Desirée: ‘That doesn’t scare me. I’ve seen bigger ones in my time.’  Dick Turpin: ‘That doesn’t surprise me.’  Director Gerald Thomas’s 1974 historical fiction Carry On […]

Dec, 01

Indecent Proposal *** (1993, Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Seymour Cassel, Oliver Platt, Billy Bob Thornton) – Classic Movie Review 1,905

Robert Redford makes Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson an offer they can’t refuse in Adrian Lyne’s mesmerisingly compulsive 1993 erotic thriller film Indecent Proposal. Director Adrian Lyne’s mesmerisingly compulsive 1993 erotic thriller film Indecent Proposal pitches […]

Nov, 30

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