Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Those Endearing Young Charms *** (1945, Robert Young, Laraine Day, Bill Williams, Ann Harding) – Classic Movie Review 12,696

RKO Pictures’ endearing 1945 wartime romantic comedy film Those Endearing Young Charms stars Robert Young, Laraine Day, Bill Williams, and Ann Harding. Director Lewis Allen’s 1945 RKO American comedy romance film Those Endearing Young Charms stars […]

Oct, 30 · in Reviews

Three to Tango * (1999, Matthew Perry, Dylan McDermott, Neve Campbell, Oliver Platt, John C McGinley, Bob Balaban) – Classic Movie Review 12,695

The promising 1999 romantic comedy film Three to Tango stars the excellent cast of Matthew Perry, Dylan McDermott, Neve Campbell and Oliver Platt, but it turns out to be a stale, inept, unfunny farce. Director […]

Oct, 29 · in Reviews

Consequences [Posledice] **** (2018, Matej Zemljic, Timon Sturbej, Gasper Markun) – Classic Movie Review 12,694

The 2018 Slovenian film Consequences is a devastating, desperate, despairing drama, persuasively written and performed, especially by Matej Zemljic, who is brilliant as troubled teen Andrej, and Timon Sturbej, who is monstrously scary as gang […]

Oct, 28

The Sea Beast **** (1926, John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, George O’Hara) – Classic Movie Review 12,693

Warner Bros’ 1926 movie The Sea Beast is the famous silent film of Herman Melville’s book Moby-Dick, boasting exciting action scenes and John Barrymore’s storming performance as Captain Ahab. It is vintage silent-movie stuff.  Director […]

Oct, 27

Moby Dick ** (1930, John Barrymore, Joan Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 12,692

Warner Bros’ 1930 black and white adventure film Moby Dick stars the richly entertaining John Barrymore and Joan Bennett, and is the first sound film of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick. ‘Far out in an […]

Oct, 27

The Mad Genius *** (1931, John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Cook, Charles Butterworth, Boris Karloff, Frankie Darro) – Classic Movie Review 12,691

Michael Curtiz’s hysterical, wildly entertaining 1931 Warner Bros drama film The Mad Genius stars John Barrymore as crippled puppeteer who turns a boy into a great ballet dancer who falls in love with a young […]

Oct, 26

Svengali *** (1931, John Barrymore, Marian Marsh) – Classic Movie Review 12,690

An ideally cast John Barrymore is extremely rousing as Svengali, complete with great makeup that substitutes white holes for his irises when he is mesmerising Trilby, an artist’s model he turns into an opera singer […]

Oct, 26

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