Derek Winnert

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Seize the Day *** (1986, Robin Williams, Joseph Wiseman, Jerry Stiller, Glenne Headly, Tony Roberts, Jo Van Fleet, William Hickey, Eileen Heckart) – Classic Movie Review 7663

Director Fielder Cook’s 1986 drama Seize the Day stars Robin Williams, who is stupendous as a Tommy Wilhelm, man in the middle of a personal and business crisis as he reaches 40, in this rewarding, […]

Oct, 12

Any Old Port! ** (1932, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Walter Long, Jacqueline Wells) – Classic Movie Review 7548

‘In port – Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy were just home from a whaling voyage – Mr Hardy shipped as head harpooner; Mr Laurel went along as bait.’ Director James W Horne’s mild 1932 two-reeler […]

Sep, 06

Guest House Paradiso (1999, Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Bill Nighy, Kate Ashfield, Steven O’Donnell, Fenella Fielding, Vincent Cassel, Simon Pegg) – Classic Movie Review 7518

Director Adrian Edmondson’s debut feature, the appalling Guest House Paradiso (1999), is a nasty, witless, incredibly vulgar British slapstick black comedy that wastes so much top Nineties talent as well as the audience’s time and […]

Aug, 31

Plaza Suite *** (1971, Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, Lee Grant) – Classic Movie Review 7.482

Neil Simon adapts his stage hit Plaza Suite but was unhappy with the film, thinking the idea of one actor playing the lead in all three acts didn’t work on screen, and that Walter Matthau […]

Aug, 22

Comrade X *** (1940, Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oscar Homolka, Felix Bressart, Eve Arden, Sig Ruman) – Classic Movie Review 7411

Hedy Lamarr stars as a beautiful Communist Moscow train driver, who is romanced by American reporter Clark Gable in Soviet Moscow, in MGM’s 1940 film Comrade X. This is much pleasure, as well as quite […]

Aug, 07

Hotel Artemis *** (2018, Jodie Foster, Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Charlie Day) – Movie Review

Quirky, fun and exciting indie action thriller in the Free Fire vein, but with a bit of a heart and a bit of a brain too. Jodie Foster and Dave Bautista have a great double act […]

Jul, 20

Shock *** (1946, Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore) – Classic Movie Review 7257

Director Alfred L Werker’s enjoyable, creepy 1946 film noir thriller Shock sees Vincent Price grabbing his new top-lined billing as the psychopathic psychiatrist Dr Richard Cross who has recently acquired Mrs Janet Stewart (Anabel Shaw) […]

Jul, 06

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