Derek Winnert

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 · in Reviews

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 · in Reviews

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

Island in the Sky ** (1953, John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel) – Classic Movie Review 9223

Director William A Wellman’s 1953 aviation adventure Island in the Sky is a wordy and predictable, but still sturdy air rescue drama about Captain Dooley (John Wayne)’s World War Two wartime crew who have to […]

Jan, 04

Trouble Along the Way *** (1953, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 9222

After four bit parts in films, James Dean has a fifth and final unbilled role as a Football Spectator in Michael Curtiz’s sentimental 1953 tear-jerking family drama film Trouble Along the Way. Director Michael Curtiz’s […]

Jan, 04

Jojo Rabbit *** (2019, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell) – Movie Review

Director Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit (2019) is a bold but awkward, uneasy World War Two Germany surreal satirical comedy, with its major plus points in the performances of Roman Griffin Davis as troubled, lonely 10-year-old […]

Jan, 03

The Gentlemen *** (2020, Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant, Michelle Dockery, Colin Farrell, Henry Golding) – Movie Review

Writer-director Guy Ritchie’s nasty, bad karma action crime thriller The Gentlemen (2020) is extremely slick and thoroughly entertaining, though it is a highly disreputable piece of work. It’s one of those movies where you are […]

Jan, 03

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