Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "matchmaker"

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Emma. *** (2020, Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Bill Nighy, Miranda Hart, Tanya Reynolds) – Movie Review 

Director Autumn de Wilde’s period romantic comedy drama Emma. is based on the beloved classic novel by Jane Austen. The ultra-stylish novel has everything: wit, wisdom, great characters, great dialogue, great plotting, true romance, witty […]

Feb, 18

The Matchmaker **** (1958, Shirley Booth, Paul Ford, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine) – Classic Movie Review 7141

Director Joseph Anthony’s vivacious 1958 romantic comedy drama The Matchmaker is an engaging and amusing film version of the enduring, entertaining 1955 Thornton Wilder stage classic about the 1884 Yonkers scheming middle-aged widow matchmaker Dolly Levi […]

Jun, 09

With Six You Get Eggroll ** (1968, Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll, Barbara Hershey, George Carlin) – Classic Movie Review 6365

Director Howard Morris’s 1968 movie With Six You Get Eggroll has a lovely title for a genially amusing Doris Day comedy, in which she plays Abby McClure, a widow juggling a career as a lumberyard […]

Dec, 06

Crossing Delancey **** (1988, Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk, Jeroen Krabbé, Sylvia Miles) – Classic Movie Review 5804

Amy Irving stars as Izzy, a modern single 30-something who lives alone in her smart New York apartment, works in a bookshop and has lots of female friends and a Jewish grandmother who gets the matchmaker […]

Jul, 23

Hope Springs ** (2003, Colin Firth, Heather Graham, Minnie Driver, Mary Steenburgen) – Classic Movie Review 1982

Director Mark Herman’s funny-in-places 2003 comedy stars Colin Firth as sad, lovelorn British artist Colin Ware who, after being dumped by his fiancée in the UK, goes to start over in the USA where he holes up in […]

Dec, 20

Denise Calls Up **** (1995, Tim Daly, Caroleen Feeney, Dan Gunther) – Classic Movie Review 1759

  A group of New Yorker friends, busy working on their PCs and laptops, are for ever calling each other up – but never actually meeting – in writer-director Hal Salwen’s witty 1995 satirical comedy. Too busy […]

Oct, 11

Hello, Dolly! ***** (1969, Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong, Danny Lockin, Tommy Tune, Fritz Feld) – Classic Movie Review 1233

Director Gene Kelly’s gloriously tuneful and delightful 1969 movie of Jerry Herman’s 1964 Broadway magical musical, based on Thornton Wilder’s classic play The Matchmaker, won three Oscars. The 27-year-old Barbra Streisand may be far too […]

May, 20

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