Derek Winnert

The Angry Red Planet ** (1959, Gerald Mohr, Nora Hayden, Les Tremayne) – Classic Movie Review 7593

So then, once again, Mars attacks! Earthlings get more than they bargain for when they are chased by angry plants after they land on Mars to explore. Director Ib Melchior’s 1959 sci-fi adventure monster movie The […]

Sep, 18 · in Reviews

Princess of the Nile ** (1954, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Dona Drake) – Classic Movie Review 7592

‘Shalimar THE FLAME THAT IGNITED EGYPT!’ With a silly story and unimaginative handling, director Harmon Jones’s amusingly campy 1954 adventure Princess of the Nile is little more than a brainless escapist adventure that never for […]

Sep, 18 · in Reviews

Son of Sinbad ** (1955, Dale Robertson, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, Lili St Cyr, Mari Blanchard) – Classic Movie Review 7591

Director Ted Tetzlaff’s kitsch and colourful adventure 1955 Son of Sinbad stars easy-going Dale Robertson as Sinbad’s son, also known as Sinbad, but he is inevitably upstaged by scene-stealing Vincent Price as his friend Omar Khayham […]

Sep, 18

Days of Thrills and Laughter *** (1961, Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Keystone Kops, Fatty Arbuckle, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Mack Sennett) – Classic Movie Review 7590

The 1961 Days of Thrills and Laughter is the third of writer-producer Robert Youngson’s valuable compilations of classic silent movie clips. It features comedy and action-scene highlights from the careers of Charlie Chaplin [Charles Chaplin], […]

Sep, 18

When Comedy Was King *** (1960, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Ben Turpin, Fatty Arbuckle) – Classic Movie Review 7589

Double Oscar-winning writer-producer Robert Youngson’s 1960 compilation feature film When Comedy Was King toasts the great clowns of silent comedy and brings together excerpts from many silent slapstick classics, which are carefully edited together for […]

Sep, 18

Inventing the Abbotts *** (1997, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Will Patton, Kathy Baker) – Classic Movie Review 7588

Director Pat O’Connor’s amusing, offbeat 1997 romantic drama Inventing the Abbotts is packed full of entertaining, oddball characters, well played by a talented ensemble cast. It is written by Ken Hison, based on a story by […]

Sep, 17

Song for a Raggy Boy *** (2003, Aidan Quinn, Iain Glen, John Travers, Chris Newman, Marc Warren, Dudley Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 7587

The harsh 2003 drama Song for a Raggy Boy stars Aidan Quinn as William Franklin, who lands a teaching job at a bleak and severe Catholic boys’ Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland. Soulful […]

Sep, 17

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