Derek Winnert

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The Lady Says No ** (1951, Joan Caulfield, David Niven, James Robertson Justice) – Classic Movie Review 11,995

Forgotten film The Lady Says No (1951). Forgotten star Joan Caulfield. Not too much to remember. Producer-director Frank Ross’s 1951 American comedy film The Lady Says No stars Joan Caulfield, David Niven and James Robertson Justice. […]

Mar, 09

The Seven Minutes ** (1971, Wayne Maunder, Marianne McAndrew, Yvonne De Carlo, Philip Carey) – Classic Movie Review 11,692

Sexploitation director Russ Meyer said: ‘They told me “You must do The Seven Minutes. You are the spokesperson against the forces of censorship.”‘ ‘An explosive film about a banned book, a rape, and a trial […]

Oct, 31

Howling IV: The Original Nightmare * (1988, Romy Windsor, Michael T Weiss, Antony Hamilton, Susanne Severeid, Lamya Derval) – Classic Movie Review 11,595

The 1988 direct-to-video horror film Howling IV: The Original Nightmare is the closest adaptation of Gary Brandner’s original 1977 source novel The Howling, from a screenplay by Freddie Rowe and Clive Turner, and a story by […]

Sep, 23

Goldeneye *** (1989, Charles Dance, Phyllis Logan, Patrick Ryecart) – Classic Movie Review 11,548

Director Don Boyd’s 1989 drama Goldeneye is a glossy biographical sketch of James Bond creator Ian Fleming (ably played by Charles Dance), focusing on his love life and work in military intelligence during the 1940s […]

Sep, 04

Unnatural Causes *** (1993, Roy Marsden, Simon Chandler, Kenneth Colley, Mel Martin, Bill Nighy, James Cossins) – Classic Movie Review 10,445

The excellent Roy Marsden gives another impeccable, grave performance as P D James’s sensitive copper Commander Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard, who investigates a macabre murder on England’s Suffolk coast linked to a currency fraud, […]

Oct, 21

Seven Keys to Baldpate ** (1935, Gene Raymond, Margaret Callahan, Eric Blore) – Classic Movie Review 9211

Directors William Hamilton and Edward Killy’s 1935 mystery thriller Seven Keys to Baldpate is the fifth of nine versions of this famous Earl Derr Biggers tale of a mystery writer, William Magee (played by Gene […]

Jan, 01

Tolkien *** (2019, Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Harry Gilby, Pam Ferris, Laura Donnelly, Colm Meaney) – Movie Review

Tolkien (2019) is a curate’s egg of a biographical drama film, with good scenes mixing uncomfortably with not such good ones. It stays interesting, though never fascinating, and this story of the young life of […]

May, 05

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