Derek Winnert

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Joe Versus the Volcano *** (1990, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Abe Vigoda, Dan Hedaya, Ossie Davis) – Classic Movie Review 6172

Writer-director John Patrick Shanley’s 1990 dark-toned romantic comedy, satirising and updating Hollywood’s Forties escapist adventure melodramas, is appealing and engaging, even though it is extremely shakily written by Shanley, the Oscar-winning author of Moonstruck. Nevertheless, […]

Nov, 01

One Million BC [Man and His Mate] *** (1940, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr, John Hubbard, Nigel De Brulier) – Classic Movie Review 4451

Directors Hal Roach and Hal Roach Jr’s daft but different 1940 Stone Age epic fantasy adventure stars Victor Mature, who seems ideally cast as Tumak, a dim-witted caveman struggling for survival. It was immensely popular […]

Oct, 03

Cobra Woman **** (1944, Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Lon Chaney Jnr, Edgar Barrier) – Classic Movie Review 3204

‘TOLLEA! TEMPTRESS OF TERROR’ Director Robert Siodmak’s uber-colourful 1944 South Seas adventure Cobra Woman is revered as a legendary camp classic. Hollywood Babylon book author Kenneth Anger called it his favourite film. Cobra Woman re-teams Maria […]

Dec, 31

One Million Years BC **** (1966, Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown, Martine Beswick) – Classic Movie Review 2436

Director Don Chaffey’s ambitious and spectacular 1966 prehistoric fantasy adventure One Million Years BC stars the remarkable Raquel Welch, famously looking sexy in perhaps the most iconic fur bikini of all time as Loana the […]

Apr, 29

The Last Days of Pompeii [Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei] *** (1959, Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, Fernando Rey) – Classic Movie Review 921

‘The Fiery Summit of Spectacle as the Screen is Swept by Scenes That Stagger the Imagination!’ Director Mario Bonnard and Sergio Leone’s 1959 movie (aka originally Gli Ultimi Giorni di Pompeii) is an engaging Italian historical […]

Mar, 16

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