Derek Winnert

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother ** (1975, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise) – Classic Movie Review 9229

Writer-director-star Gene Wilder’s 1975 comedy The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother is likeable enough and acceptable if you are in a tolerant mood, and Wilder and the Mel Brooks company (Marty Feldman as Sgt […]

Jan, 06 · in Reviews

1917 **** (2019, Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch) – Movie Review

Director Sam Mendes feels it’s timely to bang on about the First World War again in his 2019 war drama 1917. Maybe it is, or maybe it’s about 100 years too late for this film. […]

Jan, 06 · in Reviews

Pardon Mon Affaire [Un Eléphant Ça Trompe Énormément] *** (1976, Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos, Victor Lanoux, Danièle Delorme, Anny Duperey) – Classic Movie Review 9228

Co-writer/ director Yves Robert’s 1976 comedy Pardon Mon Affaire [Un Eléphant Ça Trompe Énormément] is the French original of Gene Wilder’s 1984 American hit The Woman in Red. It shows the efforts of Étienne (Jean […]

Jan, 05

The Texas Rangers *** (1951, George Montgomery, Gale Storm, Jerome Courtland) – Classic Movie Review 9227

Director Phil Karlson’s 1951 Columbia Pictures Western B-movie The Texas Rangers stars George Montgomery as Johnny Carver, who leads Texas lawmen to round up the band of outlaws of Sam Bass (William Bishop) again, in […]

Jan, 05

Tower of Evil [Horror on Snape Island] * (1972, Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth, Anna Palk, William Lucas, Mark Edwards, Dennis Price, Robin Askwith) – Classic Movie Review 9226

Writer-director Jim O’Connolly’s gory 1972 British slasher horror movie Tower of Evil is also known as Horror on Snape Island and as Beyond the Fog, and stars Bryant Halliday, Jill Howarth and Anna Palk. The […]

Jan, 05

Texas Rangers Ride Again ** (1940, John Howard, Ellen Drew, Akim Tamiroff, May Robson, Broderick Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 9225

Director James P Hogan’s 1940 updated contemporary Western film Texas Rangers Ride Again is Paramount’s follow-up to its 1936 hit The Texas Rangers, though in fact it has little to do with it other than having […]

Jan, 05

Texas Terror ** (1935, John Wayne, Lucile Browne, LeRoy Mason, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes) – Classic Movie Review 9224

Writer-director Robert Bradbury’s 1935 Texas Terror stars a very young-looking John Wayne as Sheriff John Higgins, a lawman turned prospector who finds the real bad guy (LeRoy Mason) after it turns out he was falsely […]

Jan, 04

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