Derek Winnert

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San Ferry Ann *** (1965, David Lodge, Joan Sims, Wilfrid Brambell, Ron Moody, Barbara Windsor, Ronnie Stevens, Rodney Bewes) Classic Movie Review 6337

Director Jeremy Summers’s inventive and amusing 1965 British short comedy tells the story of the misadventures of a British camper-van family led by Dad and Mum (David Lodge, Joan Sims) wordlessly with just a soundtrack and sound effects. The […]

Nov, 30

A Prize of Arms **** (1962, Stanley Baker, Tom Bell, Helmut Schmid, John Phillips, Anthony Bate) – Classic Movie Review 6,327

The gritty 1961 realist British noir crime thriller film A Prize of Arms stars Stanley Baker as a dismissed army captain who plots revenge on the army by planning a daring heist of their payroll […]

Nov, 27

Out of Season *** (1975, Vanessa Redgrave, Cliff Robertson, Susan George) – Classic Movie Review 6,277

Vanessa Redgrave, Cliff Robertson and Susan George spark the drama in the smart British 1975 romantic triangle film Out of Season, set in an English winter resort. Director Alan Bridges’s smart, sensitive and atmospheric but […]

Nov, 21

The War Between Men and Women ** (1972, Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, Jason Robards Jr) – Classic Movie Review 6236

Co-writer/ director Melville Shavelson’s 1972 movie is an interesting but uncomfortable mix of comedy, drama, romance, sentiment and seriousness, loosely based on James Thurber’s writings and drawings. Jack Lemmon plays Peter Wilson, a cartoonist going blind, […]

Nov, 12

The Assam Garden **** (1985, Deborah Kerr, Madhur Jaffrey, Alex McCowen, Zia Mohyeddin, Iain Cuthbertson Anton Lesser, Ronald Russell) – Classic Movie Review 6164

Director Mary McMurray’s tender and poignant 1985 drama brings back Deborah Kerr to the cinema after a 16-year layoff (since The Arrangement in 1969) as Englishwoman Helen, an ex-Raj widow who returns to England and the […]

Oct, 31

Bunny O’Hare ** (1971, Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy) – Classic Movie Review 6023

Director Gerd Oswald’s 1971 golden years comedy pairs Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine as penniless widow granny Bunny O’Hare and old thief Billy Green, who team up to rob banks like antique hippy, motor-biking Robin Hoods! […]

Sep, 13

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre **** (1974, Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Gunnar Hansen) – Classic Movie Review 5980

Director Tobe Hooper’s scintillating 1974 film début proper (following 1969’s experimental Eggshells) ranks as one of the most shocking and powerful horror films ever made and is a horror movie game changer. Based on the true […]

Aug, 27

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