Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Whistling in Dixie *** (1942, Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft, Guy Kibbee, Diana Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 12,350

The amusing MGM 1942 comedy mystery thriller sequel Whistling in Dixie brings back the first film’s two stars, funny-man Red Skelton and petite Ann Rutherford. Director S Sylvan Simon’s 1942 comedy mystery thriller sequel Whistling […]

Nov, 27 · in Reviews

Whistling in the Dark *** (1941, Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford, Virginia Grey, Eve Arden, Rags Ragland, Lloyd Corrigan) – Classic Movie Review 12,349

The 1941 film Whistling in the Dark is a modest, amusing comedy mystery thriller vehicle for the dizzy comic Red Skelton as Wally Benton, a radio murder mystery show star called The Fox.  Director S […]

Nov, 27 · in Reviews

Harvest [Stadt Land Fluss] ***½ (2011, Lukas Steltner, Kai Michael Müller) – Classic Movie Review 12,348

Benjamin Cantu’s 2011 German LGBT romantic drama film Harvest [Stadt Land Fluss] is a sweet and simple but serious-minded boy meets boy story, set on an austere apprentice farming community, with loads of atmosphere and […]

Nov, 25

Man in the Attic ** (1953, Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer, Frances Bavier, Rhys Williams, Sean McClory, Isabel Jewell) – Classic Movie Review 12,346

Director Hugo Fregonese’s 1953 thriller mystery film Man in the Attic stars Jack Palance, who is well cast and relishes his meaty role as a Jack the Ripper-style serial killer suspect in this retread of […]

Nov, 24

The Man in the Back Seat *** (1961, Derren Nesbitt, Carol White, Keith Faulkner, Harry Locke) – Classic Movie Review 12,347

Director Vernon Sewell’s 1961 British B-movie crime thriller film The Man in the Back Seat is a creepy minor but not insignificant effort based on an Edgar Wallace original story about two nasty hoodlums Tony […]

Nov, 23

Ivy *** (1947, Joan Fontaine, Herbert Marshall, Patric Knowles, Richard Ney, Cedric Hardwicke, Lucile Watson, Sara Allgood, Henry Stephenson, Una O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 12,345

Director Sam Wood’s devilishly devious 1947 Universal Pictures black and white thriller film Ivy is based on Marie Belloc Lowndes’s 1927 novel The Story of Ivy, and stars Joan Fontaine, Herbert Marshall, Patric Knowles, Richard […]

Nov, 23

In from the Side *** (2022, Alexander Lincoln, Alexander King, Christopher Sherwood) – Movie Review

The likeable 2022 British gay romantic and sports film In from the Side is written (with Adam Silver) and directed by Matt Carter, who was involved in inclusive rugby for eight years, so the sports […]

Nov, 21

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