Derek Winnert

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Arabian Nights *** (1942, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu, John Qualen, Leif Erickson, Turhan Bey, Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard) – Classic Movie Review 3203

Director John Rawlins’s 1942 movie is delightful, expertly crafted, fast-moving escapist adventure hokum designed to cheer up World War Two wartime audiences – and it can still cheer today! A treat in Technicolor, it was nominated […]

Dec, 31

The Peanuts Movie *** (2015, voices of Noah Schnapp, Bill Melendez, Hadley Belle Miller, Alexander Garfin) – Movie Review

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy (Hadley Belle Miller), Linus (Alexander Garfin), Peppermint Patty, Pig-Pen and the Peanuts gang make their big-screen debut in charming, smartly designed, state of the art 3D animation, based on the comic […]

Dec, 16

Caro Diario [Dear Diary] **** (1993, Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri) – Classic Movie Review 3054

Writer-director Nanni Moretti directs himself playing himself in his witty 1993 ironically wry look at life in three chapters like diary entries with personal stories and reflections. (1) Moretti travels around Rome on his Vespa, admiring […]

Nov, 13

Follow the Fleet ***** (1936, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, Russell Hicks, Astrid Allwyn) – Classic Movie Review 2954

Director Mark Sandrich’s magical 1936 musical is the fifth movie of the much-loved ten film dancing partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Astaire and Randolph Scott play singin’ and dancin’ sailors who have eyes for […]

Oct, 04

The Man Who Cried ***½ (2000, Christina Ricci, Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, Oleg Yankovskiy, John Turturro, Harry Dean Stanton) – Classic Movie Review 2721

Writer-director Sally Potter’s 2000 drama stars Oleg Yankovskiy as a Russian peasant who heads for America, and promises to send for his daughter, Suzie (Christina Ricci). Later, on her way to the US to try […]

Jul, 19

Slave Girls [Prehistoric Women] ** (1967, Martine Beswick, Edina Ronay, Michael Latimer, Carol White, Stephanie Randall) – Classic Movie Review 2440

Slave Girls [Prehistoric Women] (1967): ‘Beaten into submission… turned into slaves… man at the mercy of a Kingdom of Prehistoric Women!’  Writer/ producer/ director Michael Carreras’s Hammer Films 1967 British fantasy adventure movie Slave Girls […]

May, 01

Save the Last Dance *** (2001, Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 1564

Director Thomas Carter’s 2001 romantic drama stars Julia Stiles as Sara, a troubled US Midwestern white teenager who moves to Chicago after the death of her mother. Saramoves in with her estranged father, who lives in […]

Aug, 18

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