Derek Winnert

Bright Lights, Big City ** (1988, Michael J Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Frances Sternhagen, Dianne Wiest, John Houseman, Jason Robards, William Hickey) – Classic Movie Review 8419

Director James Bridges’s 1988 topical drama Bright Lights, Big City stars a too lightweight and too young-looking Michael J Fox as the anti-hero of this careful and meticulous but rather tedious screen version of Jay […]

May, 01 · in Reviews

The Frighteners *** (1996, Michael J Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson) – Classic Movie Review 8418

Director Peter Jackson’s 1996 supernatural black comedy horror thriller The Frighteners, in the style of Beetlejuice complete with a Danny Elfman score, is poundingly pacey, reasonably scary and original enough, but, when the brilliant special […]

May, 01 · in Uncategorized

Meet the Feebles * (1989, Danny Mulheron, Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie) – Classic Movie Review 8417

‘From the creators of Bad Taste, comes a film with no taste at all!’ Director Peter Jackson’s warped, outrageous and disgusting 1989 New Zealand musical black comedy cult movie Meet the Feebles establishes his horror […]

May, 01

Bad Taste ** (1987, Terry Potter, Pete O’Herne, Craig Smith) – Classic Movie Review 8416

Debut director Peter Jackson’s 1987 New Zealand horror movie Bad Taste is junk food for the mind – no substance and too much ketchup, and it is so rare that it is still uncooked and […]

Apr, 30

Braindead [Dead Alive] *** (1992, Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin) – Classic Movie Review 8415

In 1992, Peter Jackson could be described as a ‘quirky horror director who makes irregular assaults on the senses’ and here in the zombie attack black comedy horror movie Braindead [Dead Alive] he goes one […]

Apr, 30

Too Hot to Handle *** (1938, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Walter Connolly, Leo Carrillo, Marjorie Main) – Classic Movie Review 8,414

Clark Gable and Myrna Loy, Hollywood’s then reigning king and queen, bring their luminous presences to MGM’s 1938 romantic comedy adventure film Too Hot to Handle [Let ‘Em All Talk], a tale of a news […]

Apr, 30

Boyz n the Hood **** (1991, Cuba Gooding Jr, Laurence Fishburne, Morris Chestnut, Ice Cube, Nia Long, Tyra Ferrell, Angela Bassett, Regina King) – Classic Movie Review 8413

Writer-director John Singleton’s 1991 phenomenon of a movie, Boyz n the Hood caused riots and huge queues at the box-office in the US, though at heart it is a fairly routine tale of growing up […]

Apr, 30

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