Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Kotch **** (1971, Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman) – Classic Movie Review 7045

In 1971 Jack Lemmon expertly directs (in his début and sole film as director) his old buddy Walter Matthau as Joseph ‘Kotch’ Kotcher, a septuagenarian retired salesman widower who refuses to let his adult children […]

May, 12 · in Reviews

Pete ‘n’ Tillie **** (1972, Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page) – Classic Movie Review 7044

Director Martin Ritt’s 1972 comedy drama is funny, heartwarming and hugely likeable, with a good script lifted high by ingratiating performances from the supremely expert and ideally paired comedians Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett as […]

May, 12 · in Reviews

Period of Adjustment *** (1962, Tony Franciosa, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, Lois Nettleton, John McGiver, Jack Albertson, Mabel Albertson, John Astin) – Classic Movie Review 7043

Director George Roy Hill’s engaging 1962 black and white comedy drama brings to the screen one of Tennessee Williams’s lesser-known plays, with a marriage under threat while the husband George Haverstick (Jim Hutton) tries to ‘readjust’ […]

May, 12

Peter and Pavla [Cerný Petr] [Black Peter] **** (1964, Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Martinkova, Jan Vostrcil) – Classic Movie Review 7042

Director Milos Forman’s fresh, lively and delightful 1964 Czechoslovak feature debut (after three documentaries) is a satirical comedy drama full of youthful enthusiasm. Ladislav Jakim plays the young shop detective Peter [Petr], who is getting […]

May, 12

Pete Kelly’s Blues **** (1955, Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O’Brien, Peggy Lee, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin, Ella Fitzgerald, Jayne Mansfield) – Classic Movie Review 7,041

The exceptional 1955 musical crime film Pete Kelly’s Blues stars Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O’Brien, Peggy Lee, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin and Ella Fitzgerald, and features Jayne Mansfield. It is based on Jack Webb’s […]

May, 12

Girls’ Night *** (1998, Brenda Blethyn, Julie Walters, Sue Cleaver, Meera Syal, Philip Jackson, George Costigan, Maxine Peake) – Classic Movie Review 7040

Well!, Well!, Well! Director Nick Hurran’s well acted, well written and well directed 1998 British comedy drama Girls’ Night stars Brenda Blethyn and Julie Walters as best friends Dawn and Jackie, also in-laws and factory co-workers, who set […]

May, 12

Buster *** (1988, Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb) – Classic Movie Review 7039

Director David Green’s entertaining, sentimental 1988 real-life thriller biopic stars Phil Collins, who makes his star début as 1963 Great Train Robber, Buster Edwards, playing him as a London working-class lad who wants to make […]

May, 12

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