Derek Winnert

The Bride of Frankenstein ***** (1935, Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Una O’Connor, Valerie Hobson, Gavin Gordon, Dwight Frye, Douglas Walton, E E Clive) – Classic Movie Review 32

The 1935 film The Bride of Frankenstein is a glorious, all-time great horror movie from masterly James Whale, with Boris Karloff as the Monster, Colin Clive as the Baron, Ernest Thesiger as Dr Pretorious and […]

Jul, 08 · in Reviews

Frankenstein ***** (1931, Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Dwight Frye, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan) – Classic Movie Review 31

Made in 1931, James Whale’s Frankenstein is still the archetypal horror film of all time, retaining its startling power to disturb and delight. Made in 1931, James Whale’s Frankenstein is still the archetypal horror film […]

Jul, 08 · in Reviews

Pacific Rim **** (2013, Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Ron Perlman, Charlie Day) – Movie Review

The deservedly admired Guillermo del Toro’s much anticipated sci-fi action adventure focuses on a troubled future world, in another post-apocalypse scenario, where this time alien monsters called Kaiju (Japanese for giant beast) that look remarkably […]

Jul, 07

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back ***** (1980, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher) – Classic Film Review 30

Hooray, the Star Wars saga continues with what was part 2 in 1980, but it is now known as Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Still looking impossibly young and energised, Mark Hamill, […]

Jul, 07

Gone with the Wind ***** (1939, Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Thomas Mitchell, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Hattie McDaniel) – Classic Movie Review 29

Set against a powerfully etched, turbulent American Civil War background, producer David O Selznick’s wonderful, searing, soaring 1939 romantic epic Gone with the Wind sees Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh at their most attractive and charismatic […]

Jul, 07

The Godfather: Part III ****½ (1990, Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Talia Shire, Diane Keaton, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, Sofia Coppola, Raf Vallone, Donal Donnelly) – Classic Movie Review 28

Quibbles apart, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1990 crime film The Godfather: Part III is a worthy successor to his first two films. Michael Corleone: ‘Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.’ Quibbles […]

Jul, 07

Star Trek: Generations *** (1994, Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell) – Classic Movie Review 27

In an iconic, heart-tugging moment for the series, Kirk says to Picard: ‘Who am I to argue with the Captain of the Enterprise?’ Through the miracle of the movies (and time-travelling), old generation Captain James […]

Jul, 07

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