Derek Winnert

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Three Blind Mice *** (1938, Loretta Young, Joel McCrea, David Niven, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver, Pauline Moore, Binnie Barnes, Jane Darwell) – Classic Movie Review 11,359

Three Blind Mice (1938): ‘THREE LITTLE LOVEIES so eager to meet Life….Love…and a Man With A Million Dollars!’ Director William A Seiter’s 1938 20th Century Fox American black and white film Three Blind Mice is a […]

Jul, 01

Vice Squad [The Girl in Room 17] ** (1953, Edward G Robinson, Paulette Goddard, K T Stevens, Porter Hall, Joan Vohs) – Classic Movie Review 11,270

Director Arnold Laven’s efficient and gripping 1953 documentary-style black and white film noir police procedural cop thriller Vice Squad [The Girl in Room 17] is a neat example of the genre then in vogue, and […]

Jun, 04

Spawn of the Slithis (1978, Alan Blanchard, Judy Motulsky, J C Claire) – Classic Movie Review 11,150

‘Hell hath no fury like Spawn of the Slithis.’ A really ugly, rubbery sea monster is spawned as a result of nuclear pollution and attacks the good people of Venice, California. Writer-director Stephen Traxler’s 1978 […]

Apr, 29

The Treasure of Lost Canyon ** (1952, William Powell, Julie Adams, Charles Drake, Tommy Ivo, Rosemary DeCamp) – Classic Movie Review 10,991

Director Ted Tetzlaff’s 1952 Universal International Pictures Technicolor Western adventure film The Treasure of Lost Canyon retells the Robert Louis Stevenson short story The Treasure of Franchard, set in 1870 California. William Powell enjoys a […]

Mar, 06

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple *** (2001, Glenn Close, Jena Malone, Bruce McGill) – Classic Movie Review 10,290

Director Jeremy Paul Kagan’s 2001 TV movie The Ballad of Lucy Whipple is a superior, pacy, gripping adventure about a mom, Arvella Whipple (Glenn Close), and her three children heading West after the death of […]

Sep, 10

45 Minutes from Hollywood *** (1926, Glenn Tryon, Theda Bara, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy) Classic Movie Review 10,051

Director Fred Guiol’s 1926 two-reel silent film 45 Minutes from Hollywood stars Glenn Tryon as Orville but it is remembered as the second time Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appear in the same film – […]

Jul, 17

Racing with the Moon **** (1984, Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage) – Classic Movie Review 9523

Director Richard Benjamin’s 1984 Racing with the Moon is an attractive, affectionate, poignant World War Two coming of age tale of two young men about to go to off war in 1943 California as they await […]

Mar, 18

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