Derek Winnert

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Them! **** (1954, James Whitmore, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Edmund Gwenn, Onslow Stevens, Fess Parker, William Schallert, Dub Taylor, Leonard Nimoy) – Classic Movie Review 3720

Director Gordon Douglas’s vintage 1954 sci-fi horror thriller Them! is still good fun thanks to the taut pace and admirably serious approach he brings to it. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Special Effects. […]

May, 19

My Giant ** (1999, Billy Crystal, Kathleen Quinlan, Gheorghe Muresan) – Classic Movie Review 1591

This warm-hearted but surprisingly tepid, oversweet comedy with Billy Crystal and NBA basketball star Gheorghe Muresan as his giant can boast only sporadic moments of fun. For this, blame a feeble, low-laugh, sentimentally inclined screenplay by David […]

Aug, 25

The Princess Bride **** (1987, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal) – Classic Movie Review 1537

Director Rob Reiner’s 1987 fairy tale movie is a perennial pleasure. The story is narrated by Peter Falk’s kindly grandfather, who reads his sick grandson (Fred Savage) a classic fairy tale, with heroes and villains, a poor stable boy, a […]

Aug, 11

Prehistoric Women * (1950, Laurette Luez, Allan Nixon, Joan Shawlee) – So Bad It’s Good Movie Review 6

Solely for mating purposes, and strictly with no fun permitted, sexy, men-hating prehistoric women try to find and capture the cavemen of their dreams in this camp, ridiculous and, arguably, so-bad-it’s-good 1950 fantasy flick. It’s co-written […]

Dec, 22

King Kong ***** (1933, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher) – Classic Movie Review 245

Producer-directors Merian C Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsack’s all-time great fantasy adventure, horror movie and love story is a brilliantly stirring entertainment and an unchallenged masterpiece. A monstrously marvellous monster movie, this original 1933 version […]

Sep, 18

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