Derek Winnert

The Amazing Transparent Man ** (1960, Marguerite Chapman, Douglas Kennedy, James Griffith, Ivan Triesault) – Classic Movie Review 9295

Director Edgar G Ulmer’s 1960 black and white Sci-Fi film The Amazing Transparent Man is cheap and cheerful, and still enjoyable despite – or because of – the rotten effects and cheesy action. To create […]

Jan, 24 · in Reviews

Beyond the Time Barrier ** (1960, Robert Clarke, Darlene Tompkins, Arianne Ulmer) – Classic Movie Review 9294

Director Edgar G Ulmer’s 1960 Sci-Fi time-travel film Beyond the Time Barrier stars Robert Clarke as a 1960 military test pilot called Major William Allison, who is caught in a time warp and lands in […]

Jan, 23 · in Reviews

Seven Thieves **** (1960, Edward G Robinson, Rod Steiger, Joan Collins, Eli Wallach) – Classic Movie Review 9293

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1960 French Riviera black and white caper movie Seven Thieves stars Edward G Robinson as old reprobate professor Theo Wilkins, who leads a gang of thieves in a cleverly constructed plot to […]

Jan, 23

The Seventh Sin ** (1957, Eleanor Parker, Bill Travers, George Sanders) – Classic Movie Review 9292

Director Ronald Neame’s 1957 The Seventh Sin is a soapy drama based on W Somerset Maugham’s novel The Painted Veil, with an unfaithful wife, the selfish American Carolyn Carwin (Eleanor Parker), enjoying a fling with French […]

Jan, 23

Suddenly **** (1954, Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates) – Classic Movie Review 9291

Director Lewis Allen’s 1954 black and white film noir crime thriller Suddenly stars Frank Sinatra follows his Oscar win in From Here to Eternity with another strong performance as John Baron, a psychotic hitman paid […]

Jan, 22

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt **** (1940, Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham Moffatt, Phyllis Calvert, Moore Marriott) – Classic Movie Review 9290

Director Walter Forde’s 1940 drag comedy Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a fast-moving, high-spirited and funny reworking of the classic Brandon Thomas stage farce Charley’s Aunt to suit the talents of Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham […]

Jan, 22

Brideshead Revisited ***** (1981, Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick, Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 9289

Directors Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s monumental and magnificent 1981 Brideshead Revisited is Granada Television’s sumptuous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel about England’s decadent and declining upper-class between the world wars, made in 11 episodes. […]

Jan, 22

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