Derek Winnert

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The Return of Dr Fu Manchu *** (1930, Warner Oland, O P Heggie, Jean Arthur, Neil Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 5819

Director Rowland V Lee’s creaky but creepy 1930 Paramount horror thriller brings back Warner Oland, who is fun re-creating his role as Sax Rohmer’s evil criminal mastermind Dr Fu Manchu from the 1929 film The […]

Jul, 28

The Big Sick **** (2017, Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano) – Movie Review

The Big Sick is very sweet and very funny, and very well sustained for its epic two hours. Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan are good but Holly Hunter is outstanding. Even the hospital stuff is funny, […]

Jul, 28

David Lynch: The Art Life **** (2016, David Lynch) – Movie Review

Director Jon Nguyen’s 2016 biographical documentary is fascinating, informative, entertaining and richly enjoyable. It throws much light on David Lynch’s art, which is remarkable and much less well known than his films. Lynch proves as […]

Jul, 11

Full of Life *** (1956, Judy Holliday, Richard Conte, Salvatore Baccaloni) – Classic Movie Review 5,704

The enjoyable 1956 film Full of Life stars delightful Judy Holliday as Italian Catholic Emily Rocco, expecting her first child with poor husband Nick (Richard Conte). She is much put out by the meddling of […]

Jul, 03

After the Storm [Umi yori mo mada fukaku] **** (2016, Hiroshi Abe, Yôko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi) – Movie Review

Writer-director Hirokazu Koreeda’s sweet and tender Japanese slice-of-life family relationships drama is a quiet, subtle little gem, slow burning, smouldering, but brightly burning. Gentle, kind, wise and forgiving, this effortlessly achieved humanist film gains its power […]

Jun, 29

Wuthering Heights *** (1970, Anna Calder-Marshall, Timothy Dalton, Harry Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 5558

American horror company American International Pictures (AIP) gets in on the British heritage cinema cash cow and goes all posh with director Robert Fuest’s ‘modern’ 1971 version of the Emily Brontë classic novel that already […]

Jun, 07

Tender Mercies **** (1983, Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin) – Classic Movie Review 5399

Director Bruce Beresford’s rousing 1983 drama swept Robert Duvall to a Best Actor Oscar and Horton Foote to a Best Original Screenplay Academy Award. Duvall is superb as the alcoholic, once-famous country singer songwriter Mac […]

May, 05

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