Derek Winnert

Doctor Dolittle 2 ** (2001, Eddie Murphy, Cedric the Entertainer, Kristen Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 8753

Director Steve Carr’s jolly, quite entertaining, easy-going 2001 sequel to the 1998 Doctor Dolittle remake, Doctor Dolittle 2, brings Eddie Murphy back as Doctor John Dolittle MD, who must save a forest from nasty, greedy […]

Jul, 24 · in Reviews

Doctor Dolittle *** (1998, Eddie Murphy, Peter Boyle, Ossie Davis) – Classic Movie Review 8752

‘What if you could have a conversation? I mean, not with a baseball or a banana – that’s ridiculous – but with your dog?’ Director Betty Thomas’s 1998 family fantasy comedy remake Doctor Dolittle stars […]

Jul, 24 · in Reviews

Doctor Dolittle *** (1967, Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough) – Classic Movie Review 8751

Rex Harrison’s Doctor Dolittle talked to the animals while the cinemas remained half empty and the 20th Century Fox studio nearly went bust. Director Richard Fleischer’s 1967 Doctor Dolittle is an extravagantly produced, beautiful looking […]

Jul, 23

The Beastmaster *** (1982, Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn) – Classic Movie Review 8750

Handsome hunk Marc Singer stars as young son of a king Dar, the eponymous mixture of Conan the Barbarian, Tarzan the Magnificent and Doctor Dolittle, in director Don Coscarelli’s deliciously daft 1982 sword-and-sorcery fantasy adventure […]

Jul, 23

Morning Departure [Operation Disaster] **** (1950, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Nigel Patrick, Lana Morris, Peter Hammond, Helen Cherry, James Hayter) – Classic Movie Review 8749

The British stalwart reserve and resolve in a crisis is examined in force in director Roy Ward Baker’s intense British classic 1950 real-life submarine naval drama Morning Departure [Operation Disaster]. John Mills stars as Lieutenant […]

Jul, 23

Dreamchild **** (1985, Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher, Jane Asher) – Classic Movie Review 8748

The late Jim Henson’s Creature Workshop created the wonderful Alice in Wonderland models for director Gavin Miller’s rich and resonant 1985 biographical comedy drama Dreamchild, which tells a revealing true story tale about the real […]

Jul, 23

Dream One [Nemo] **** (1984, Jason Connery, Mathilda May, Seth Kibel, Charley Boorman, Katrine Boorman, Harvey Keitel, Carole Bouquet, Michel Blanc) – Classic Movie Review 8747

Young Jason Connery, as the teenage Nemo, finds himself inside a dream in director Arnaud Sélignac’s charming, surreal 1984 children’s fantasy adventure Dream One [Nemo], inspired by Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo comic strip, with plenty […]

Jul, 23

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