Derek Winnert

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The Front **** (1976, Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci, Lloyd Gough, Remak Ramsay) – Classic Movie Review 4905

Co-producer/ director Martin Ritt’s engrossing serious-minded 1976 comedy drama about Hollywood’s Fifties anti-leftist witch-hunts stars Woody Allen in one of his few films as actor only. Ritt called it ‘a film filled with bitterness and irony […]

Jan, 18

The Wild Bunch ***** (1969, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien, Warren Oates, Jaime Sanchez, Ben Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 4788

‘ ‘If they move,’ orders William Holden’s Pike Bishop, ‘kill ’em.’ Director Sam Peckinpah’s crucial 1969 Western The Wild Bunch, famed for, or infamous for, depending on your viewpoint, its poetic bloodiness and death in […]

Dec, 12

Sex Drive ** (2008, Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew, James Marsden, Seth Green) – Classic Movie Review 4769

Josh Zuckerman stars as virginal Chicago high school senior Ian, who drives cross-country to Knoxville in his brother’s 1969 GTO Judge with his two best friends Lance (Clark Duke) and Felicia (Amanda Crew) to hook up […]

Dec, 07

Kissing Jessica Stein **½ (2001, Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, Tovah Feldshuh, Esther Wurmfeld, Scott Cohen) – Classic Movie Review 4716

A meeting with a lesbian (Heather Juergensen) via a personal ad causes an unlucky-in-love New Yorker, Jessica Stein (Jennifer Westfeldt), to question her sexuality. Jewish journalist Jessica Stein is searching for the perfect man when […]

Nov, 28

A Patch of Blue **** (1965, Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon) – Classic Movie Review 4704

Writer/ co-producer/ director Guy Green’s 1965 racially-charged weepie drama is well meaning, conscientiously done and appealing. It was significant at the time in its exploration of racism against the backdrop of the growing US civil […]

Nov, 26

Lloyd’s of London *** (1936, Tyrone Power, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, Freddie Bartholomew, C Aubrey Smith, Guy Standing, Virginia Field, Montagu Love, E E Clive) – Classic Movie Review 4688

Director Henry King’s 1936 period drama stars Tyrone Power, whose career took off with this role as Lloyd’s insurance boss Jonathan Blake, who, it is alleged, is the friend of Lord Nelson (John Burton). Blake […]

Nov, 23

Cherrybomb *** (2009, Rupert Grint, Robert Sheehan, James Nesbitt, Kimberley Nixon) – Classic Movie Review 4632

Rupert Grint stars as teenager Malachy who is spending his holidays working at the Titanic leisure centre and enjoying the company of his dangerous drug-dealing best buddy Luke (Robert Sheehan) in the Belfast suburbs in summer. […]

Nov, 10

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