Derek Winnert

Ned Kelly ** (1970, Mick Jagger, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Mark McManus, Frank Thring, Ken Goodlet, Bruce Barry) – Classic Movie Review 8351

British director Tony Richardson took a miscast Mick Jagger Down Under for his 1970 true story adventure film Ned Kelly, a thoughtful if misguided action biopic of the legendary 19th-century Aussie outback outlaw Ned Kelly […]

Apr, 10 · in Reviews

Andy Hardy’s Double Life *** (1942, Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Ann Rutherford, Esther Williams, Fay Holden) – Classic Movie Review 8350

Esther Williams makes her feature film debut at the MGM studio in Andy Hardy’s Double Life (1942) and gets her first screen kiss from Mickey Rooney. Director George B Seitz’s 1942 Andy Hardy’s Double Life […]

Apr, 10 · in Uncategorized

Dumbo ** (2019, Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Alan Arkin) – Movie Review

What a dull and uninspired film director Tim Burton’s part-live-action, part-CGI remake of the magical 1941 Disney cartoon Dumbo is! The rusty gears crank up, but it never takes flight. To be fair, Burton was […]

Apr, 09

Pet Sematary **** (2019, Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jeté Laurence) – Movie Review

Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s reworking of the Stephen King novel and 1989 film Pet Sematary is a surprisingly effective and classy horror movie. Directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s reworking of the Stephen King […]

Apr, 09

Fiesta ** (1947, Esther Williams, Akim Tamiroff, Ricardo Montalban, John Carroll, Cyd Charisse, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 8349

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1947 slim escapist entertainment Fiesta is vaguely amusing but not MGM’s best musical, thanks to slack work by writers George Bruce and Lester Cole. Unfortunately, it is hardly a musical at all, […]

Apr, 09

Reptilicus * (1961, Carl Ottosen, Ann Smymer, Bent Mejding, Asbjørn Andersen, Povl Wøldike) – Classic Movie Review 8348

Director Sidney W Pink’s 1961 low-budget monster movie Reptilicus is a pretty daft and badly done sci-fi horror action movie, in which part of a prehistoric monster’s frozen tail is discovered by copper miners and […]

Apr, 09

The Beast of Hollow Mountain ** (1956, Guy Madison, Patricia Medina, Carlos Rivas) – Classic Movie Review 8347

Directors Edward Nassour and Ismael Rodriguez’s 1956 Mexican Sci-Fi horror Western movie The Beast of Hollow Mountain stars Guy Madison as Jimmy Ryan, an American cowboy rancher living in Mexico who suspects a Plasticine monster […]

Apr, 08

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