Derek Winnert

Pokémon Detective Pikachu *** (2019, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, voice of Ryan Reynolds) – Movie Review

Director Rob Letterman’s teen action adventure comedy Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) is much better than expected thanks to inventive scripting and a lively atmosphere, throwing in anything and everything that could possibly make this crazy […]

May, 11 · in Reviews

Shocker *** (1989, Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Mitch Pileggi, John Tesh, Cami Cooper, Heather Langenkamp) – Classic Movie Review 8458

Writer-director Wes Craven’s 1989 horror thriller movie Shocker is an inventive, frightening film, with an eerie atmosphere, a truly evil villain and superb special effects. It stars Michael Murphy, Peter Berg and Mitch Pileggi. A […]

May, 11 · in Reviews

Shock Treatment * (1981, Jessica Harper, Cliff De Young, Richard O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 8457

Director Jim Sharman’s 1981 British spoof comedy musical Shock Treatment is writer Richard O’Brien’s misfire sequel to his cult hit The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with a disappointing Cliff De Young and Jessica Harper as […]

May, 11

Hawk the Slayer ** (1980 Jack Palance, John Terry, Bernard Bresslaw, Ray Charleson, Annette Crosbie, Cheryl Campbell, Peter O’Farrell, Harry Andrews, Roy Kinnear, Ferdy Mayne, Shane Briant) – Classic Movie Review 8456

Director Terry Marcel’s 1980 fantasy adventure Hawk the Slayer is a brutish, British entry into the sword and sorcery stakes with John Terry (Hawk) and Jack Palance (Voltan) playing hero and villain siblings battling over a […]

May, 11

The Hawaiians *** (1970, Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin, John Phillip Law, Alec McCowen, Mako) – Classic Movie Review 8455

Director Tom Gries’s 1970 adventure film The Hawaiians [Master of the Islands] is the continuing history of James Michener’s huge novel Hawaii, as conjured up by the best minds of Hollywood, with Charlton Heston, as […]

May, 10

Hawaii *** (1966, Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris) – Classic Movie Review 8454

Director George Roy Hill’s 1966 adventure film Hawaii is a mammoth, enjoyable movie of part of James Michener’s huge novel about Hawaii’s development in the early 19th century, as strict, rigid and humourless New England […]

May, 10

The Last Valley ** (1971, Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan, Nigel Davenport, Per Oscarsson, Arthur O’Connell) – Classic Movie Review 8453

Writer-director James Clavell’s ambitious 1971 adventure movie The Last Valley finds that Michael Caine is somewhat overstretched as The Captain, a ruthless Protestant mercenary leader who brings his band of soldiers to a sleepy 1640s German […]

May, 10

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