Derek Winnert

Ai No Korîda [In the Realm of the Senses] **** (1976, Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima) – Classic Movie Review 9393

Writer-director Nagisa Ôshima’s disconcerting passionate sexual drama 1976 Ai No Korîda caused a wave of controversy and was long banned in the UK. This ‘Last Tango in Tokyo’ was finally approved for public screening by the […]

Feb, 16 · in Reviews

WarGames **** (1983, Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin) – Classic Movie Review 9392

Director John Badham‘s 1983 thriller WarGames is a bang on target sci-fi fantasy adventure starring Matthew Broderick as teenage wiz kid David Lightman, who unwittingly taps his home computer into a top secret United States military super-computer […]

Feb, 16 · in Reviews

Arthur 2: On the Rocks ** (1988, Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 9391

Director Bud Yorkin films an inferior sequel to the 1981 hit Arthur in the 1988 comedy Arthur 2: On the Rocks, with all three stars from the original returning, but not the original writer-director Steve […]

Feb, 15

Skin Deep *** (1989, John Ritter, Vincent Gardenia, Alyson Reed) – Classic Movie Review 9390

Writer-director Blake Edwards’s rake’s progress of burnt-out alcoholic writer and compulsive womaniser Zach Hutton (John Ritter) is a surprisingly sophisticated adult sex comedy, with effective visual gags, some bad taste (there is an infamous scene […]

Feb, 15

Skidoo *** (1968, John Phillip Law, Jackie Gleason, Rooney, Groucho Marx, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon) – Classic Movie Review 9389

Back in 1968 Otto Preminger’s wild and wacky black comedy Skidoo dropped on the world like a lead balloon as a notorious bomb. But it has fervent admirers and it is certainly worth trying for […]

Feb, 15

Francis [Francis the Talking Mule] ** (1950, Donald O’Connor, Patricia Medina, Zasu Pitts) – Classic Movie Review 9388

Tony (Anthony) Curtis is still struggling to make his mark in the movies, playing Captain Jones, in the first Francis the Talking Mule film… Donald O’Connor stars as truthful bumbling World War Two soldier Lieutenant […]

Feb, 15

Francis in the Navy ** (1955, Donald O’Connor, Martha Hyer, Richard Erdman, Jim Backus, Clint Eastwood, David Janssen) – Classic Movie Review 9387

Look out for an early appearance by Clint Eastwood in a Talking Mule flick. Director Arthur Lubin’s 1955 American black-and-white comedy film Francis in the Navy (1955) is the sixth film in the mysteriously popular […]

Feb, 15

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