Derek Winnert

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7 Faces of Dr Lao ***½ (1964, Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O’Connell, John Ericson, Noah Beery Jnr, Lee Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 3731

Tony Randall is a joy in the seven parts he plays, while producer-director George Pal provides a good measure of unusual and other-worldly entertainment, in this richly entertaining 1964 fantasy comedy. Make-up man William Tuttle […]

May, 21

Pork Chop Hill **** (1959, Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, George Shibata, Woody Strode, James Edwards, Rip Torn, George Peppard) – Classic Movie Review 3502

Director Lewis Milestone’s tough and distinguished 1959 Korean War movie places a battle for control of a strategic hill in Korea is the centre of the action. It is notable for a series of strong […]

Mar, 25

The Sand Pebbles *** (1966, Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Candice Bergen, Richard Crenna) – Classic Movie Review 3185

In 1926, the gunboat USS San Pablo is patrolling the Yangtse River during the Chinese revolution and must rescue stranded missionaries at the China Light Mission. Producer-director Robert Wise’s adventure drama about American gunboat diplomacy in […]

Dec, 24

The Castle of Fu Manchu * (1969, Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Howard Marion-Crawford, Tsai Chin, Günther Stoll, Maria Perschy) – Classic Movie Review 2946

Director Jesús Franco’s rather tedious and shoddily made 1969 fourth and penultimate Christopher Lee appearance as Asian super-villain Fu Manchu nevertheless has its brashly eye-catching moments. Series regulars Howard Marion-Crawford and Tsai Chin (as Lin […]

Oct, 03

Irma Vep **** (1996, Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard) – Classic Movie Review 2476

Jean-Pierre Léaud stars as a French film director who takes Hong Kong action star Maggie Cheung (playing herself) to be his sexy, rubber-suited super-villainess Irma Vep (an anagram of vampire) in his remake of Louis […]

May, 12

Mulan **** (1998, voices of Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, B D Wong, Donny Osmond, Harvey Fierstein, June Foray, Marni Nixon, Pat Morita, James Hong, George Takei, Soon-Tek Oh) – Classic Movie Review 2219

Directors Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook’s likeable, intriguing and attractively different 1998 Walt Disney animated feature retells an old Chinese folk tale about the story of Mulan (voice of Ming-Na Wen), a young Chinese maiden who learns that […]

Feb, 27

Kiss of the Dragon *** (2001, Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo, Bert Kwouk) – Classic Movie Review 2202

A Chinese intelligence officer is sent to Paris to help the French vice squad apprehend a Chinese drug lord and his unknown French connection. But it’s only a matter of hours before the intelligence officer is […]

Feb, 22

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