Derek Winnert

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Jailhouse Rock **** (1957, Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy) – Classic Movie Review 1,356

Elvis Presley stars as a self-centred but good-hearted bad boy called Vince Everett, the epitome of troubled youth, in the 1957 teen musical film Jailhouse Rock. It caused a scandal because Elvis plays a bad […]

Jun, 25

A Star Is Born ***** (1954, Judy Garland, James Mason, Charles Bickford, Jack Carson) – Classic Movie Review 1,125

Judy Garland and James Mason are at their wonderful best as the doomed star Hollywood couple in George Cukor’s triumphant 1954 classic musical film A Star Is Born. Director George Cukor’s triumphant 1954 classic musical […]

Apr, 20

Celebrity *** (1998, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Joe Mantegna, Winona Ryder, Charlize Theron, Hank Azario, Famke Janssen) – Classic Movie Review 1037

Celebrity has to be counted a bit of an intriguing flop in 1998 from writer-director Woody Allen (who doesn’t appear, which is always bad news). Kenneth Branagh is miscast and struggling in what amounts to […]

Apr, 02

Brüno * (2009, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten) – Classic Movie Review 535

What a vulgar little man Sacha Baron Cohen is! This Borat-style effort pushes the boundaries of good taste a wee bit further, as Cohen tackles (if that’s the word) his outrageous Austrian gay fashionista character, […]

Dec, 16

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