Derek Winnert

The Abominable Snowman *** (1957, Peter Cushing, Forrest Tucker, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis, Robert Brown) – Classic Movie Review 1,267

Writer Nigel Kneale turns his 1955 BBC TV play The Creature into the intriguing, intelligently written, decently acted 1957 Hammer horror film The Abominable Snowman, with Peter Cushing reprising his star TV role.  Writer Nigel […]

May, 31 · in Reviews

My Little Chickadee **** (1940, Mae West, W C Fields, Joseph Calleia) – Classic Movie Review 1,266

The treasurable 1940 comedy film My Little Chickadee provides the one and only screen teaming of all-time great comedy favourites Mae West and W C Fields. Director Edward F Cline’s attractive and appealing 1940 comedy […]

May, 31 · in Reviews

Heaven Is For Real ** (2014, Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Thomas Haden Church, Margo Martindale) – Movie Review

Greg Kinnear stars as real-life American small-town preacher and father whose four-year-old son (Connor Corum) nearly dies of appendicitis in hospital but experiences an actual trip to Heaven, where he meets Jesus, a young version of his grandfather and […]

May, 31

Venus in Fur **** (2013, Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric) – Movie Review

Director Roman Polanski casts his wife Emmanuelle Seigner as an actress who arrives late for an audition at a Paris theatre but still tries to convince the writer-director Mathieu Amalric that she’s perfect for a role in his […]

May, 31

When Harry Met Sally… **** (1989, Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Steven Ford, Lisa Jane Persky) – Classic Movie Review 1265

Written by Nora Ephron, director Rob Reiner’s 1989 hilarious and perceptive adult romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally… has a fascinating topic on its mind. It is a truthful, feel-good film that broke through at […]

May, 30

A Million Ways to Die in the West ** (2014, Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron) – Movie Review

Seth MacFarlane (who?) plays a Bob Hope-style cowardly sheep farmer who is hopelessly lovesick when his choosy girlfriend Louise (Amanda Seyfried) dumps him in favour of the moustache-twiddling Foy (Neil Patrick Harris). But soon he […]

May, 30

Edge of Tomorrow *** (2014, Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt) – Movie Review

Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt form a surprisingly effective tough-guy duo as two futuristic army soldier types defending the planet from aliens in director Doug Liman’s explosive, brainy blockbuster. Somehow, and please don’t ask me […]

May, 30

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