Derek Winnert

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Only You **** (1994, Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr, Bonnie Hunt, Billy Zane, Joaquim de Almeida, Fisher Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 9766

‘The important thing is true love.’ Mmm… quite. Director Norman Jewison’s utterly sweet 1994 old-style romantic comedy Only You sets out to prove its own adage as hopeless romantic Faith Corvatch (Marisa Tomei) sets off […]

May, 14 · in Uncategorized

Only When I Larf ** (1968, Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings, Alexandra Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 9765

Director Basil Dearden’s painless 1968 Only When I Larf is an enjoyably tolerable Sixties British crime caper comedy with brightness, if not subtlety to commend it. It features one of Richard Attenborough’s more flamboyant performances […]

May, 14 · in Reviews

Serenade ** (1956, Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel, Vincent Price) – Classic Movie Review 9764

James M Cain’s dark and gritty 1937 thriller source novel Serenade is emasculated to produce a standard soapy Hollywood musical tale of a poor vineyard worker Damon Vincenti (Mario Lanza) rising to operatic success via […]

May, 14

Ooh… You Are Awful [Get Charlie Tully] *** (1972, Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser) – Classic Movie Review 9763

Dick Emery’s camp, lowbrow television act transfers to the movies amusingly and successfully in Cliff Owen’s 1972 British comedy Ooh… You Are Awful [Get Charlie Tully]. The plot, about a con man Charlie Tully (Emery) […]

May, 13

Wanda Nevada *** (1979, Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields, Fiona Lewis, Henry Fonda) – Classic Movie Review 9762

Peter Fonda’s 1979 PG certificate Western comedy film Wanda Nevada also stars Peter Fonda as drifter/ gambler Beaudray Demerille and Brooke Shields as Wanda Nevada, the 13-year-old orphan with dreams of singing at the Grand […]

May, 13

One More Train to Rob ** (1971, George Peppard, Diana Muldaur, John Vernon) – Classic Movie Review 9761

The 1971 Western film One More Train to Rob, about the aftermath of an assault on a trainload of gold ending up with the hero being framed and sent to prison, features a star turn […]

May, 13

Viva Villa! *** (1934, Wallace Beery, Fay Wray, Leo Carrillo) – Classic Movie Review 9760

Viva Villa! (1934) and an MGM mess in Mexico…  Directors Jack Conway and Howard Hawks’s fictionalised 1934 historical adventure Viva Villa! Stars the irrepressible Wallace Beery, who shines as the Mexican revolutionary bandit Pancho Villa, […]

May, 13

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