Derek Winnert

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Viking Women and the Sea Serpent ** (1957, Abby Dalton, Susan Cabot, Brad Jackson, June Kenney, Richard Devon) – Classic Movie Review 5002

Cult horror producer-director Roger Corman’s 1957 fantasy adventure is spirited cheerful nonsense if amateurish and scarily cheap looking. That is not surprising as it cost only $110,000 and took 10 days to make! It stars […]

Feb, 06

Sanjuro [Tsubaki Sanjûrô] ****½ (1962, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi) – Classic Movie Review 4925

Co-writer/ director Akira Kurosawa is in a much lighter mood for his follow-up to Yojimbo. But it is another thrilling action-filled samurai action adventure, with the great Toshirô Mifune on his best form in the title […]

Jan, 23

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans *** (2009, Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Steven Mackintosh, Kevin Grevioux, David Aston) – Classic Movie Review 4908

The bad news is there’s no Kate Beckinsale’s Selene (except in a cameo) or Scott Speedman’s Michael Corvin – and series segments without the original star(s) are notoriously difficult to make or enjoy. But the […]

Jan, 19

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising *** (2007, Alexander Ludwig, Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston, Frances Conroy, James Cosmo, Jim Piddock, Wendy Crewson) – Classic Movie Review 4529

Alexander Ludwig plays nice 14-year-old American kid called Will Stanton, who comes to rural England and learns he is ‘special’. He is the last of a group of immortal warriors dedicated to fighting forces of […]

Oct, 24

Dheepan **** (2015, Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers) – Movie Review

The startling 2015 feature film Dheepan from Jacques Audiard, the maker of A Prophet and Rust and Bone, is quite an eye-opener and an emotional ride, as well as a real impressive piece of film-making, winning the […]

Apr, 11

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader *** (2010, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes) – Classic Movie Review 3266

Director Michael Apted’s tauter and leaner 2010 third Narnia episode has considerably improved on its predecessors on the adventure front, with more imaginative and appealing special effects, music, cinematography and sets this time. Staying reasonably close […]

Jan, 13

Zulu ***** (1964, Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Michael Caine, James Booth, Nigel Green, Ulla Jacobsson) – Classic Movie Review 2,373

Cy Endfield’s thrillingly staged 1964 real-life historical action adventure movie Zulu is a much-loved, bona fide British classic of the era. Michael Caine is cast against type as an offhand aristocratic officer in the film […]

Apr, 10

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