Derek Winnert

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The Stratton Story *** (1949, James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Bill Williams) – Classic Movie Review 7873

Director Sam Wood’s 1949 hit The Stratton Story stars the popular star pair of James Stewart and June Allyson, and is based on an Oscar-winning Best Motion Picture Story by Douglas Morrow. Morrow also co-writes the […]

Dec, 02

On Moonlight Bay *** (1951, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Jack Smith, Rosemary DeCamp, Billy Gray, Mary Wickes) – Classic Movie Review 7680

Director Roy Del Ruth’s 1951 On Moonlight Bay pairs cute, clean-cut couple Doris Day and Gordon MacRae to rousing, tuneful effect. Day stars as toothsome tomboy Marjorie Winfield and MacRae plays her handsome neighbour William […]

Oct, 20

The Pride of the Yankees **** (1942, Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea) – Classic Movie Review 7157

Director Sam Wood’s 1942 biographical drama The Pride of the Yankees stars an ideally cast Gary Cooper, in one of his most fondly remembered roles, who has no trouble at all stirring up the emotions […]

Jun, 12

Fear Strikes Out *** (1957, Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore) – Classic Movie Review 7,140

The 1957 drama film Fear Strikes Out stars young Anthony Perkins as Jimmy Piersall, a shy, fearful youth plunged into mental turmoil over his father (Karl Malden)’s overpowering need to make him a baseball player. […]

Jun, 09

Eight Men Out **** (1988, John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, John Mahoney, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, D B Sweeney, Kevin Tighe) – Classic Movie Review 7020

Writer-director John Sayles’s fine 1988 film about the 1919 baseball scandal when eight underpaid members of the Chicago White Sox took money to throw the World Series. Eight Men Out is a satisfying experience, thanks to […]

May, 08

Boiling Point [3-4 x jûgatsu] **** (1990, Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida) – Classic Movie Review 6529

Japanese writer-director-star Takeshi Kitano’s second film (after 1989’s Violent Cop) is a typically quirky take on the Yakuza movie. As well as writing and directing, he also stars (billed as ‘Beat’ Takeshi) as Uehara, a sadistic […]

Jan, 06

Body Bags *** (1993, Deborah Harry, Mark Hamill, Twiggy, Stacy Keach, Sheena Easton, John Carpenter, Robert Carradine, David Naughton, David Warner) – Classic Movie Review 5998

Directors John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper’s 1993 horror compendium TV movie delivers three chilling stories of the ghoulish, gruesome, gory and gross – The Gas Station, Hair and The Eye. The director John Carpenter stars […]

Aug, 29

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