Derek Winnert

Frogs ** (1972, Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke, Judy Pace) – Classic Movie Review 9,565

In the 1972 horror movie Frogs, it’s killer frogs (as well as a few snakes, turtles and lizards thrown in for good measure!) that are rampaging on a remote island in the American Deep South, […]

Mar, 27 · in Reviews

Astérix & Obélix contre César [Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar] ** (1999, Christian Clavier, Gérard Depardieu, Roberto Benigni) – Classic Movie Review 9564

Director Claude Zidi’s 1999 Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar [Astérix and Obélix contre César] was a huge hit in its countries of origin, France, Germany and Italy, but it is a slack and lazy live-action […]

Mar, 26 · in Reviews

Daughter of Darkness ** (1990, Anthony Perkins, Mia Sara, Jack Coleman, Robert Reynolds) – Classic Movie Review 9563

Director Stuart Gordon’s 1990 made for TV horror movie Daughter of Darkness stars Anthony Perkins and Mia Sara. Mia Sara plays Kathy Thatcher, who is plagued by strange dreams that lead her to Romania in […]

Mar, 26

Bride of Re-Animator [Re-Animator 2] * (1990, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones) Classic Movie Review 9562

Director Brian Yuzna’s 1990 Re-Animator sequel Bride of Re-Animator [Re-Animator 2] is a dull horror comic, enlivened by amusing touches of black humour (‘better watch out for premature re-animation’) and some typical gross-out make-up effects […]

Mar, 26

The Maids ** (1975, Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant, Mark Burns) – Classic Movie Review 9561

Glenda Jackson and Susannah York enjoy an unusual opportunity chewing up Jean Genet’s strange dialogue in director Christopher Miles’s powerful 1975 film version of his flamboyant play The Maids. Black humour lightens up a dark […]

Mar, 25

Just My Luck ** (1957, Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Jill Dixon, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Edward Chapman) – Classic Movie Review 9560

Director John Paddy Carstairs’s 1957 British comedy Just My Luck finds Norman Wisdom re-united with Margaret Rutherford, the co-star of his 1953 debut film Trouble in Store. Just our luck to have Wisdom as Norman […]

Mar, 25

Magic Town **** (1947, James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith) – Classic Movie Review 9559

Director William A Wellman’s 1947 comedy Magic Town is an underrated pleasure. It describes the politician’s dream – a Magic Town that is a perfect mirror of American opinions. James Stewart stars as opinion pollster […]

Mar, 25

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