Derek Winnert

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Night Must Fall *** (1964, Albert Finney, Susan Hampshire, Mona Washbourne) – Classic Movie Review 6631

The young Albert Finney stars as the psychopathic live-in handyman Danny. in director Karel Reisz’s 1964 British black and white film remake of the renowned old Emlyn Williams horror-thriller theatre success from 1935, Night Must […]

Jan, 31

Innerspace **** (1987, Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Fiona Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 6598

Director Joe Dante’s good-looking 1987 fantasy favourite stars Dennis Quaid as US Navy pilot Lieutenant Tuck Pendleton, who is shrunk and injected by mistake into the body of wimpish grocer’s assistant Jack Putter (Martin Short). […]

Jan, 24

Fanny *** (1961, Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer, Horst Buchholz) – Classic Movie Review 6399

Director Joshua Logan’s romantic 1961 film is Hollywood’s second version of Marcel Pagnol’s Marius trilogy (first made in America before as Port of Seven Seas in 1938) arriving on screen via Logan’s and S N Behrman’s […]

Dec, 12

Seconds **** (1966, Rock Hudson, Will Geer, John Randolph, Salome Jens, Wesley Addy, Jeff Corey, Richard Anderson, Murray Hamilton, Karl Swenson) – Classic Movie Review 6248

Director John Frankenheimer’s splendid, showy 1966 Faustian sci-fi thriller offers an excellent chance for Rock Hudson to show his underrated acting skills as the unhappy middle-aged banker hero Tony Wilson, who goes to a creepy […]

Nov, 13

A Bad Moms Christmas ** (2017, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christine Baranski, Susan Sarandon, Cheryl Hines, Jay Hernandez, Peter Gallagher) – Movie Review

Writer-directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore just about hold onto this raucous and vulgar seasonal sequel to Bad Moms, though it drifts away from them every now and again, finally losing the plot altogether at the […]

Nov, 04

Whatever It Takes *** (2000, Shane West, Marla Sokoloff, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, James Franco) – Classic Movie Review 5469

Director David Raynr’s cute 2000 teen romantic comedy proves oddly funny and genial. This surprisingly entertaining modern take on Cyrano de Bergerac / Roxanne is a better-than-expected teen romantic comedy, with an amiable tone, bright […]

May, 17

The Young Philadelphians *** (1959, Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith, Brian Keith, Billie Burke, John Williams, Otto Kruger, Robert Vaughn) – Classic Movie Review 4637

Director Vincent Sherman’s soapy 1959 novel-to-film transfer The Young Philadelphians is trashy but very polished and compulsive, with a lot of plot to fill the long 136 minute running time. It was nominated for three […]

Nov, 12

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