Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Magic"

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Simply Irresistible *** (1999, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean Patrick Flanery, Patricia Clarkson) – Classic Movie Review 4172

Sarah Michelle Gellar is simply irresistible in director Mark Tarlov’s 1999 surprise comedy flop, a sweet, positive, life-affirming charmer, very nicely written by Judith Roberts, Tarlov’s wife. It is delicate and whismical, and highly romantic, this […]

Aug, 14

The Indian in the Cupboard **½ (1995, Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 4068

Director Frank Oz’s 1993 children’s movie boasts a screenplay by Melissa Mathison, the writer of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and adapter of The BFG (2016). In the story, a nine-year-old boy called Omri (Hal Scardino) is […]

Jul, 23

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe *** (2005, Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent) – Classic Movie Review 3806

The pleasant but mild opening chapter of the much-loved C S Lewis saga sees the four Pevensie kids going through a wardrobe to the magical kingdom of Narnia, where they learn of their destiny to free it with […]

Jun, 04

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad **** (1958, Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Torin Thatcher, Richard Eyer) – Classic Movie Review 3719

Director Nathan Juran’s 1958 Arabian Nights fantasy adventure stars Kerwin Mathews as Sinbad, who, in the story by Ray Harryhausen, is searching for the cure that will return his love Princess Parisa (Kathryn Grant) back […]

May, 19

The Black Cauldron *** (1985, voices of Grant Bardsley, Freddie Jones, Susan Sheridan) – Classic Movie Review 3710

Directors Ted Berman and Richard Rich’s intriguing and underrated 1985 Walt Disney sword and sorcery animated feature tells the story of the young farm lad Taran in the land of Prydain in the Middle Ages […]

May, 15

The Mad Magician **½ (1954, Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Patrick O’Neal) – Classic Movie Review 3586

Director John Brahm’s modestly engaging and entertaining 1954 horror movie finds the right star in Vincent Price, who puts in his usual enjoyably manic and camp performance as The Mad Magician Don Gallico, the creator of magic […]

Apr, 17

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad ***½ (1973, John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker, Douglas Wilmer, Martin Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 3520

‘Sinbad battles the creatures of legend in the miracle of Dynarama!’ ‘Dynarama means supreme adventure!’ Director Gordon Hessler’s 1973 British adventure movie does what it says on the posters and is exotic, colourful, fast-moving and fun. […]

Apr, 03

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