Derek Winnert

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Gidget *** (1959, Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O’Connell, Mary LaRoche) – Classic Movie Review 3,384

Sandra Dee stars in director Paul Wendkos’s wholesome-as-apple-pie 1959 teen comedy film Gidget, as young Francie Lawrence aka the Gidget, who is initiated into the California surf culture during one formative summer. As a result, […]

Feb, 19

The Sword of Ali Baba ** (1965, Peter Mann, Jocelyn Lane, Frank McGrath, Gavin MacLeod, Frank Puglia, Peter Whitney) – Classic Movie Review 3206

‘Thrill With Ali Baba and His Forty Thieves’ Universal Pictures studio remakes its 1944 hit Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, reusing much of its footage. It’s a low-budget, old-style adventure without the un-self-conscious, self-confident […]

Dec, 31

Pan *** (2015, Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Cara Delevingne, Amanda Seyfried, Paul Kaye, Kathy Burke) – Movie Review

Director Joe Wright’s prequel story of an English orphan boy who is spirited away to the magical Neverland, where he looks for his long-lost mother and finds both fun and danger, is brisk, pleasant and […]

Sep, 20

The Winslow Boy **** (1948, Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke, Neil North, Margaret Leighton, Jack Watling, Basil Radford) – Classic Movie Review 2743

Sir Terence Rattigan’s scintillating, beautifully written stage play comes to the screen in director Anthony Asquith’s respectful, riveting and inspiring 1948 film version with its drama and dialogue almost intact. However, it shows the actual trial, […]

Jul, 26

5 Flights Up [Ruth & Alex] *** (2014, Diane Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Cynthia Nixon) – Movie Review

Funny and charming – Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman seem made for each other and share a twinkling screen magic. Cynthia Nixon scores too as their realtor. Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman play Ruth & […]

Jul, 23

Oliver Twist ** (2005, Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Harry Eden, Edward Hardwicke, Leanne Rowe, Jamie Foreman, Jeremy Swift) – Classic Movie Review 2686

Let’s Twist again! Or maybe not? Producer-director Roman Polanski comes up with a disappointment in 2005 – a pedestrian, plodding and uninspired movie version of the classic Charles Dickens tale, but nevertheless with some excellent […]

Jul, 11

Magic Mike XXL ** (2015, Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez, Amber Heard) – Movie Review

Channing Tatum is back as male stripper Mike in the 2015 comedy-drama film Magic Mike XXL, the sequel to Magic Mike (2012), and that’s good news because he’s as entertaining as he is easy on the eye. Channing Tatum […]

Jun, 29

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