Derek Winnert

Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion ** (1965, Marshall Thompson, Betsy Drake, Richard Haydn) – Classic Movie Review 8213

Director Andrew Marton’s 1965 children’s and family comedy adventure movie Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion is the pilot for the 89 episode Sixties TV show Daktari (1966–1969), which was given a cinema release. Marshall Thompson stars […]

Mar, 07 · in Reviews

Bug Off! ** (2001, Steve Anderson, Briana Shipley, Andrew Fugate) – Classic Movie Review 8212

Aliens land on Earth disguised as a couple of human oldies in co-writer/ director T C Christensen’s predictable but quite funny 2001 family sci-fi comedy Bug Off!, mainly aimed for kids. Briana Shipley stars as […]

Mar, 07 · in Reviews

Bug ** (1975, Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles, Richard Gilliland) – Classic Movie Review 8211

‘They Look Like Rocks…Possess A High Intelligence…Have No Eyes…And Eat Ashes…They Travel In Your Car Exhaust…They Make Fire…They Kill.’ How promising and exciting is that? But maybe try to contain your excitement a little. Director […]

Mar, 07

The Iron Petticoat ** (1956, Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, James Robertson Justice, Noelle Middleton, Robert Helpmann, David Kossoff) – Classic Movie Review 8,210

The bizarre and unexpected star teaming of Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn fails to inject many laughs into director Ralph Thomas’s good-natured but slack Ninotchka-like 1956 comedy film The Iron Petticoat. Alas, the bizarre and […]

Mar, 07

Great Catherine * (1968, Jeanne Moreau, Peter O’Toole, Zero Mostel, Jack Hawkins) – Classic Movie Review 8209

Director Gordon Flemyng and producer Jules Buck’s struggling 1968 British historical comedy drama Great Catherine stars Jeanne Moreau, Peter O’Toole, Zero Mostel and Jack Hawkins. George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 one-act play is too flimsy for an […]

Mar, 07

A Royal Scandal *** (1945, Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn, Anne Baxter, William Eythe, Vincent Price, Mischa Auer, Sig Ruman) – Classic Movie Review 8208

Director Otto Preminger’s lush 1945 black and white costume drama A Royal Scandal [Czarina], with more than a few splashes of humour, stars Tallulah Bankhead as 18th century Russian queen Catherine the Great who shows […]

Mar, 06

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult *** (1994, Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O J Simpson) – Classic Movie Review 8207

Director Peter Segal’s 1993 daffy crazy comedy Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult is an undemanding, hit-and-miss second sequel, a bit low on pace and verve, but with enough laughs (some in bad taste), […]

Mar, 06

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