Derek Winnert

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For Keeps? [Maybe Baby] *** (1988, Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn, Conchata Ferrell, Sharon Brown, Dabney Coleman, Pauly Shore) – Classic Movie Review 4878

A well-matched Molly Ringwald and Randall Batinkoff star as starry-eyed high-school pupils Darcy (Ringwald) and Stan (Batinkoff), who are in love. But, when school swot Darcy gets unexpectedly pregnant, should the lovebirds pack up their […]

Jan, 11

May *** (2002, Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval, Will Estes) – Classic Movie Review 4876

Writer-director Lucky McKee’s smart but very disturbing 2002 psycho thriller stars Angela Bettis in an effective role as a mousey young woman called May, who decides to murder several people and assemble an ideal friend from […]

Jan, 11

Untamed Heart *** (1993, Christian Slater, Marisa Tomei, Rosie Perez, Kyle Secor, Willie Garson) – Classic Movie Review 4866

Co-producer/ director Tony Bill’s 1993 romantic tearjerker is an agreeably warm-hearted if vacuously entertaining love story for the Nineties. Marisa Tomei plays – delightfully – the clichéd role of a spunky but spurned waitress from Minneapolis. […]

Jan, 08

Some Came Running **** (1958, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates) – Classic Movie Review 4759

There is assured acting all round by a strong cast in director Vincente Minnelli’s powerful and impressive 1958 MGM movie of James Jones’s bestseller dissecting unfulfilled lives in a small Mid-West American town in the […]

Dec, 10

No Orchids for Miss Blandish * (1948, Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, Linden Travers) – Classic Movie Review 4,766

The 1948 British thriller film No Orchids for Miss Blandish of the novel by James Hadley Chase landed in a censorship row after it was passed in the UK with an uncut ‘A’ rating and […]

Dec, 06

Déjà Vu *** (1997, Stephen Dillane, Victoria Foyt, Vanessa Redgrave, Anna Massey, Noel Harrison) – Classic Movie Review 4719

Co-writer/ director Henry Jaglom’s weird 1997 romantic tale about the twists of fate and the perennial pull of love is a bit of a padded-out shaggy-dog story, but it certainly has its moments, though most […]

Nov, 29

The Groundstar Conspiracy ***½ (1972, George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford, Cliff Potts, James Olson) – Classic Movie Review 4,709

George Peppard and Michael Sarrazin enliven the gripping, suspenseful 1972 action mystery thriller film The Groundstar Conspiracy about dirty work at a secret space-research plant. George Peppard and Michael Sarrazin enliven director Lamont Johnson’s intriguing […]

Nov, 27

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