Derek Winnert

The Fly ***** (1986, Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz) – Classic Movie Review 194

‘I don’t think The Fly is mainstream,’ claims David Cronenberg. ‘A mainstream movie is one that isn’t going to rattle too many cages. No horror film is truly mainstream.’ Point taken, but nevertheless, when he […]

Aug, 26 · in Reviews

The Fly **** (1958, David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 193

‘Help me!’ ‘Help me!’ Kurt Neumann’s original 1958 horror classic The Fly stars David ‘Al’ Hedison as André Delambre, the scientist who dangerously messes with the unknown when he invents a matter transporter that he […]

Aug, 26 · in Reviews

Alien: Resurrection **** (1997, Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Michael Wincott, Dan Hedaya, J E Freeman, Brad Dourif) – Classic Movie Review 192

‘It’s already too late!’ – film poster. ‘My mommy always said there were no monsters. No real ones. But there are.’ – Ripley. Earning $11 million, a muscled-up Sigourney Weaver is back for Alien: Resurrection as […]

Aug, 26

The League of Gentlemen **** (1960, Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes) – Classic Movie Review 191

The superlative 1960 heist caper film The League of Gentlemen stars Jack Hawkins as a disgruntled former British military officer who assembles a gang of disgraced military gentlemen for a daring bank job.  Renowned producer-director […]

Aug, 26

This Sporting Life ***** (1963, Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell) – Classic Movie Review 190

All-time great British director Lindsay Anderson’s searing film This Sporting Life is an authentic British classic of the short-lived but influential and vibrant 60s realist new wave movement. Kitchen sink drama, it was called back then. […]

Aug, 25

Beetlejuice ***** (1988, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder, Sylvia Sydney, Glenn Shadix) – Classic Movie Review 189

Tim Burton’s 1988 dark fantasy horror comedy film Beetlejuice is an early sign of his genius and a near-perfect little masterpiece. Michael Keaton stars as Betelgeuse, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones, and Winona Ryder. Tim Burton’s […]

Aug, 25

This Sweet Sickness [Dites-lui que je l’aime] **** (1977, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Claude Piéplu, Dominique Laffin) – Classic Movie Review 188

Gérard Depardieu stars as a dangerously disturbed young accountant in the 1977 French psychological thriller This Sweet Sickness [Dites-lui que je l’aime], a mesmerising study in obsession, sickness and despair adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s novel. […]

Aug, 25

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