Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "hollywood"

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Hail, Caesar! *** (2016, Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Scarlett Johansson, Ralph Fiennes, Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Jonah Hill) – Movie Review

Josh Brolin stars as Eddie Mannix, a Hollywood fixer for Capitol Pictures in the Fifties, who solves problems for big Tinseltown names. George Clooney co-stars as studio star Baird Whitlock, who disappears, kidnapped from the […]

Mar, 03

The Barefoot Contessa **** (1954, Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Marius Goring, Rossano Brazzi, Valentina Cortese, Elizabeth Sellars) – Classic Movie Review 3365

Writer-producer-director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1954 Oscar-winning drama stars Humphrey Bogart as film-maker Harry Dawes, who moulds shoeless gypsy flamenco dancer Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner) into a movie legend, after seeing her in a Madrid club. […]

Feb, 15

Trumbo **** (2015, Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Elle Fanning) – Movie Review

Director Jay Roach’s riveting 2015 movie tells the crucial story of the diabolical Hollywood blacklist and America’s persecution of left-wingers and radicals that brought appalling harm to individuals, some jailed after committing no crime, and shame […]

Jan, 13

The Falcon in Hollywood *** (1944, Tom Conway, Barbara Hale, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday, Veda Ann Borg, John Abbott, Sheldon Leonard) – Classic Movie Review 3213

In the tenth of 16 movies in the Falcon series, Tom Conway again stars as Michael Arlen’s débonair detective The Falcon (aka Tom Lawrence). This time The Falcon investigates an actor’s murder in Hollywood in […]

Jan, 02

Frances **** (1982, Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard) – Classic Movie Review 2869

Jessica Lange as Best Actress and Kim Stanley as Best Supporting Actress were both Oscar and Golden Globe nominated and burn into the memory as the tormented Thirties movie star Frances Farmer and her demented […]

Aug, 31

Myra Breckinridge *** (1970, Mae West, John Huston, Raquel Welch) – Classic Movie Review 2867

Michael Sarne’s 1970 film of Gore Vidal’s witty comic novel about Hollywood seems nowhere near as bad as its reputation suggests. Raquel Welch gamely plays the sex-change movie critic heroine Myra Breckinridge, who sets out […]

Aug, 30

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls *** (1970, Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, David Gurian, Edy Williams) – Classic Movie Review 2866

Director Russ Meyer’s legendary, infamous 1970 movie is a cult classic that entertains all lovers of enjoyably bad movies. Lusty porn film-maker Meyer heads for the mainstream with this camp and hilarious bad-taste sex and […]

Aug, 30

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