Derek Winnert

Bomba, the Jungle Boy ** (1949, Johnny Sheffield, Peggy Ann Garner, Onslow Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 8058

The poverty row Monogram Pictures studio finds a good use for Johnny Sheffield, Tarzan’s original Boy, as Bomba, a sort of teeny Tarzan, based on a series of American boy’s adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under […]

Jan, 25 · in Reviews

Tarzan Triumphs *** (1943, Johnny Weissmuller, Frances Gifford, Johnny Sheffield) – Classic Movie Review 8057

Director William [Wilhelm] Thiele’s pleasant and popular 1943 jungle adventure Tarzan Triumphs finds Johnny Weissmuller leaving the jungles of MGM Studios after six movies for those of RKO and swinging back into action, routing the […]

Jan, 24 · in Reviews

Tarzan’s Secret Treasure ***(1941, Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield) – Classic Movie Review 8056

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1941 Tarzan’s Secret Treasure is an efficient and entertaining jungle adventure caper, re-uniting Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan for their fifth film together as Tarzan and Jane, and bristling with tongue-in-cheek fun […]

Jan, 24

Tarzan’s Revenge * (1938, Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm, George Barbier) – Classic Movie Review 8055

Berlin Olympic decathlon champion Glenn Morris takes over Tarzan’s loincloth (for one attempt only) and swimming champion Eleanor Holm is his lady friend Eleanor Reed in director D Ross Lederman’s daft 1938 jungle adventure Tarzan’s […]

Jan, 24

Konga * (1961, Michael Gough, Margo Johns, Jess Conrad, Austin Trevor, George Pastell) – Classic Movie Review 8054

Director John Lemont’s hilariously dreadful old 1961 British horror movie Konga stars Michael Gough as crazy botanist Dr Charles Decker, who finds how to grow plants and animals to an enormous size and experiments on […]

Jan, 23

Dragon Ball Super: Broly **** (2018, voices Masako Nozawa, Shin Aomori, Bryn Apprill, Ryô Horikawa, Bin Shimada) – Movie Review

Director Tatsuya Nagamine’s Japanese anime Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) is dazzlingly bright and lively, and a whole lot of fast-moving fun, with spectacular prolonged frenetic sequences of action and violence, and a terrific soundtrack. […]

Jan, 23

Tarzan Finds a Son! *** (1939, Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield) – Classic Movie Review 8053

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1939 jungle adventure Tarzan Finds a Son! is spirited stuff, shot in Florida. Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan return as Tarzan and Jane, who find an abandoned child (Johnny Sheffield), whose parents […]

Jan, 23

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