Derek Winnert

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Porridge [Doing Time] ***½ (1979, Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Peter Vaughan, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde, Sam Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 4772

Co-writer/ director Dick Clement’s funny 1979 film prison comedy Porridge [Doing Time] is a most entertaining, above-par transfer of the much-loved Seventies BBC TV sitcom about the inmates and warders of HM Slade Prison in […]

Dec, 07

Bad Santa 2 ** (2016, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Christina Hendricks) – Movie Review

Billy Bob Thornton returns as Willie Soke from the 2003 hit Bad Santa, and teams up again with Tony Cox as his angry little sidekick Marcus Skimore to knock off sexy Diane (Christina Hendricks)’s Chicago […]

Nov, 28

Urban Legends: Final Cut *** (2000, Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Loretta Devine, Hart Bochner, Joey Lawrence, Aaron Mount, Eva Mendes) – Classic Movie Review 4667

Director John Ottman’s 2000 horror sequel to the 1998 hit Urban Legend is surprisingly smart. In the screenplay by Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson, this time a student film-maker, Amy Mayfield (Jennifer Morrison), is having grave […]

Nov, 20

King Kong Lives * (1986, Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton, John Ashton) – Classic Movie Review 4659

In director John Guillermin’s unloved and unwanted 1986 sequel to his 1976 King Kong remake, the great ape Kong (Peter Elliott) is resuscitated after falling off the World Trade Center tower and falling into a coma […]

Nov, 16

The Son of Kong *** (1933, Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher, John Marston, Victor Wong, Lee Kohlmar, Ed Brady) – Classic Movie Review 4658

‘SEE! The cannibals! The earthquake! The sea serpent! The fighting monsters of ages past!’ It is irresistible, isn’t it? Probably the first monster movie sequel, it starts by announcing itself as ‘a serio-comic phantasy’. Producer Merian […]

Nov, 15

Son of Paleface **** (1952, Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers) – Classic Movie Review 4657

Bob Hope and Jane Russell reconvene for this even more enjoyable 1952 sequel to their 1948 hit The Paleface, in which they play timid Harvard alumnus Peter ‘Junior’ Potter Jr and the sharpshootin’ outlaw Mike ‘The […]

Nov, 15

Step Up 2: The Streets ** (2008, Adam G Sevani, Robert Hoffman, Briana Evigan, Cassie Ventura, Danielle Polanco, Will Kemp) – Classic Movie Review 4639

Director Jon M Chu’s 2010 largely unrelated Step Up dance movie sequel, ‘based on characters’ from the surprise 2006 dance film hit, is bright and sexy enough, reasonably entertaining and overall just about OK. It stars Adam G Sevani […]

Nov, 12

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