Derek Winnert

Morons from Outer Space (1985, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Joanne Pearce, Jimmy Nail, Dinsdale Landen, James B Sikking) – Classic Movie Review 8828

Eighties TV’s normally funny men Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones write and star in director Mike Hodges’s moronic 1985 big-screen comedy space adventure Morons from Outer Space, which combines lowbrow British humour and daffy […]

Aug, 14 · in Reviews

The River’s Edge **** (1957, Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget) – Classic Movie Review 8827

‘It was kill … or be killed … all the way down to The River’s Edge.’ Director Allan Dwan’s 1957 colour CinemaScope widescreen movie The River’s Edge is a rock-solid crime action adventure thriller, sparked […]

Aug, 13 · in Reviews

Slightly Scarlet **** (1956, John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl) – Classic Movie Review 8826

‘Out of the shadows of a vice-ridden city comes James M Cain’s most explosive drama!’ Director Allan Dwan’s sharp and stylish 1956 colour film noir crime thriller Slightly Scarlet is a neatly acted and smartly […]

Aug, 13

Foxfire *** (1955, Jane Russell, Jeff Chandler, Dan Duryea, Barton MacLane, Mara Corday, Frieda Inescort, Celia Lovsky) – Classic Movie Review 8825

‘Living every impassioned page of Anya Seton’s great best seller!’ Director Joseph Pevney’s 1955 Technicolor romance action drama Foxfire stars Jane Russell as a New York socialite called Amanda Lawrence who meets and quickly marries […]

Aug, 13

Frankenstein: The Real Story ** (1992, Patrick Bergin, Randy Quaid, John Mills) – Classic Movie Review 8824

This monster just won’t lie down, will he? The busy Patrick Bergin brings his sombre demeanour to playing the character of Dr Victor Frankenstein in director David Wickes’s 1992 Gothic horror Frankenstein: The Real Story, […]

Aug, 13

The Man Upstairs *** (1958, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Donald Houston, Dorothy Alison) – Classic Movie Review 8823

Director Don Chaffey’s 1958 black and white British thriller The Man Upstairs stars Richard Attenborough in the downbeat but involving story of apartment block tenant Peter Watson, The Man Upstairs who is having a nervous […]

Aug, 12

The Quince Tree Sun [El Sol Del Membrillo] ***** (1992) – Classic Movie Review 8822

Director Victor Erice’s 1992 Spanish drama The Quince Tree Sun [El Sol Del Membrillo] is a hypnotic rumination on art and life, taken at an audaciously sedate pace and at considerable length by Erice, who […]

Aug, 12

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