Derek Winnert

Creepshow 2 *** (1987, George Kennedy, Lois Chiles, Domenick John) – Classic Movie Review 8383

Director Michael Gornick’s 1987 horror anthology sequel Creepshow 2 has three more Stephen King EC Comics-inspired stories adapted in the screenplay by George A Romero, the director of the first Creepshow (1982), and this time […]

Apr, 20 · in Reviews

Creepshow **** (1982, Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen, Adrienne Barbeau) – Classic Movie Review 8382

Despite two of horror’s biggest names and some of Hollywood’s most reliable actors, the 1982 horror anthology movie Creepshow is all too gross and sometimes uncertain of tone to be totally entertaining. Yet, still, its […]

Apr, 20 · in Reviews

P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang [Kipperbang] **** (1982, John Albasiny, Alison Steadman, Abigail Cruttenden) – Classic Movie Review 8381

Director Michael Apted’s 1982 P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang [Kipperbang] is one of Channel 4’s First Love series of films, which was rewarded with a cinema screening release in the UK and an American release too as […]

Apr, 19

Cathy Come Home ***** (1966, Carol White, Ray Brooks, Winifred Dennis) – Classic Movie Review 8380

Director Ken Loach’s realistic black and white classic 1966 BBC TV drama The Wednesday Play: Cathy Come Home is a searing indictment of the social services in the British welfare system of the Sixties, focusing on […]

Apr, 19

Puppet on a Chain ** (1971, Sven-Bertil Taube, Barbara Parkins, Alexander Knox, Patrick Allen, Vladek Sheybal) – Classic Movie Review 8379

Director Geoffrey Reeve’s 1971 British thriller Puppet on a Chain is the always-popular macho action movie, based on the novel by Alistair MacLean, in which spies root out drug runners in Amsterdam, giving an obvious […]

Apr, 18

Puppet Master [Puppetmaster] *** (1989, Paul Le Mat, William Hickey, Irene Miracle, Jimmie F Skaggs) – Classic Movie Review 8378

Director David Schmoeller’s 1989 Puppet Master is a bright little Eighties horror flick with a loony plot, based on a story by Charles Band and Kenneth J Hall, with a screenplay by David Schmoeller (billed […]

Apr, 18

The Eyes, the Mouth [Gli Occhi, la Bocca] ** (1982, Lou Castel, Ángela Molina, Emmanuelle Riva) – Classic Movie Review 8377

Writer-director Marco Bellocchio’s interesting if rather disappointing 1982 drama The Eyes, The Mouth [Gli Occhi, la Bocca] reunites the star (Lou Castel) and the director of the 1965 Fists in the Pocket (which the actor […]

Apr, 18

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