Derek Winnert

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ***** (1953, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Norma Varden, Tommy Noonan, Taylor Holmes, Elliott Reid) – Classic Movie Review 915

Howard Hawks’s glorious 1953 Technicolor musical film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is perfectly tailored to the very special talents of Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell, seen at their enchanting best as singer gold-diggers Dorothy and Lorelei. […]

Mar, 15

How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days *** (2003, Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg) – Classic Movie Review 767

In director Donald Petrie’s breezy 2003 romcom How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Kate Hudson stars as Andie Anderson, a magazine writer who is assigned to write an article about how to lose […]

Jan, 29

Marathon Man ***** (1976, Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Richard Bright, Marc Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 515

Director John Schlesinger’s 1976 thriller about a postgraduate student who runs for his life when he gets mixed up in the pursuit of a Nazi war criminal makes for an ultra-tense, suspenseful and thrilling movie. It […]

Dec, 13

Family Plot **** (1976, Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane) – Classic Movie Review 464

Alfred Hitchcock’s 53rd and final movie Family Plot, made in 1976 when he was 76, is a deliciously playful, witty farewell. He called it ‘a melodrama treated with a bit of levity and sophistication. I want […]

Dec, 02

The Pink Panther ***** (1963, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Claudia Cardinale) – Classic Movie Review 394

The Pink Panther is actually a diamond – and so is Peter Sellers’ 1963 comedy gem. Peter Sellers’s immortal, beloved Inspector Jacques Clouseau character made his delightful début in 1963 here in The Pink Panther […]

Nov, 11

Snatch **** (2000, Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro) – Classic Movie Review 323

Brad Pitt buys into writer-director Guy Ritchie’s street-cred allure for the 2000 film Snatch, his eagerly-awaited follow-up to the 1998 Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. What does Brad Pitt think he’s doing? He’s the […]

Oct, 26

Titanic **** (1997, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Bernard Hill, Suzy Amis, Frances Fisher, David Warner) – Classic Movie Review 77

‘I’m the king of the world.’ Leonardo DiCaprio gets that sinking feeling as his shipboard love for Kate Winslet hits the rocks in this mesmerising blockbuster. Writer-producer-director James Cameron’s romantic disaster movie reputedly cost a […]

Jul, 21

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