Derek Winnert

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Big Momma’s House ** (2000, Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Paul Giamatti, Terrence Howard) Classic Movie Review 10,610

Director Raja Gosnell’s 2000 crime comedy Big Momma’s House stars Martin Lawrence, who plays FBI agent Malcolm Turner, forced to disguise himself as a zany grandma to catch an escaped crook, Lester Vesco (Terrence Howard), […]

Dec, 01

After the Fox [Caccia alla volpe] *** (1966, Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Lydia Brazzi, Paola Stoppa, Akim Tamiroff, Martin Balsam) – Classic Movie Review 10,276

Director Vittorio De Sica’s 1966 comedy After the Fox [Caccia alla volpe] stars Peter Sellers in a jovial, harmless Neil Simon heist farce about a small-time conman criminal called Aldo Vanucci aka The Fox (Sellers) […]

Sep, 08

Fletch Lives * (1989, Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, R Lee Ermey, Richard Libertini) – Classic Movie Review 10,088

Fletch Lives… but the movie dies. Director Michael Ritchie’s 1989 comedy-thriller Fletch Lives is an irritating, abravive sequel to the very popular 1985 comedy-thriller Fletch, with Chevy Chase back as Irwin ‘Fletch’ Fletcher, the fast-talking […]

Jul, 26

Nuns on the Run **** (1990, Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane, Camille Coduri, Janet Suzman, Doris Hare, Lila Kaye) – Classic Movie Review 9850

The often hilarious 1990 British caper comedy Nuns on the Run stars ideal Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane, who give winningly amusing performances as bank robbers who hide in a nunnery dressed as nuns. Writer-director […]

May, 31

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

Very Important Person [A Coming-Out Party] *** (1961, James Robertson Justice, Stanley Baxter, Leslie Phillips, Eric Sykes, Richard Wattis) – Classic Movie Review 9664

The super vintage Brit laughter-raisers are on funny form, especially Stanley Baxter, Leslie Phillips and Eric Sykes, in director Ken Annakin’s zesty, entertaining 1961 wartime-set British black and white comedy Very Important Person [A Coming-Out […]

Apr, 22

Anything Goes *** (1936, Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles) – Classic Movie Review 9276

Director Lewis Milestone’s 1936 black and white musical Anything Goes [Tops Is the Limit] is a revamped version of the great stage show for the movies, based on the play by Guy Bolton and P […]

Jan, 18

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