Derek Winnert

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My Brilliant Career **** (1979, Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Max Cullen, Patricia Kennedy, Aileen Britton) – Classic Movie Review 7341

Director Gillian Armstrong’s 1979 Australian feminist drama My Brilliant Career stars Judy Davis, giving a commanding performance in her second film as Sybylla Melvyn, the fiercely independent, self-assured Aussie bush-farmer’s daughter who wants to take […]

Jul, 25

The Black Tent ** (1956, Anthony Steel, Donald Sinden, André Morell, Anna Maria Sandri, Terence Sharkey) – Classic Movie Review 7322

Despite an intriguing premise, director Brian Desmond Hurst’s old-style 1956 British adventure yarn The Black Tent becomes a tedious, dated World War Two North Africa-set wartime action romance, remarkable mainly for André Morell’s energetic performance and […]

Jul, 21

Mourning Becomes Electra ** (1947, Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Coleman, Leo Genn, Henry Hull) – Classic Movie Review 7263

Ah, yes, ‘Mother and Daughter Loving the Same Man!’ That idea could make an American romcom or it could be a Greek tragedy. Certainly here we don’t see the funny side of it. Writer/ producer/ […]

Jul, 07

A Guide for the Married Man *** (1967, Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Linda Harrison, Carl Reiner) – Classic Movie Review 7251

Director Gene Kelly’s 1967 bedroom farce A Guide for the Married Man assembles a whole army of familiar Sixties comedy faces to illustrate the dos and don’ts of marriage, and the pluses and minuses of unfaithfulness. Walter […]

Jul, 05

The Heartbreak Kid **** (1972, Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin. Eddie Albert) – Classic Movie Review 7220

Director Elaine May’s 1972 The Heartbreak Kid stars Charles Grodin as a New York Jewish kid named Lenny who is honeymooning in Miami with his new bride Lila (Jeannie Berlin) when he gets stung by […]

Jun, 25

I Married a Witch **** (1942, Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Cecil Kellaway) – Classic Movie Review 7189

Director René Clair sprinkles magic dust on this enchanting 1942 whimsical comedy about a 260-year-old witch (Veronica Lake) and her much, much older wizard dad (Cecil Kellaway) who materialise in the present to scare the […]

Jun, 18

Suzy **** (1936, Jean Harlow, Cary Grant, Franchot Tone) – Classic Movie Review 7181

Jean Harlow, Cary Grant and Franchot Tone head the splendid cast who sparkle and spark up director George Fitzmaurice’s undeservedly neglected 1936 black and white vintage movie Suzy. Grant stars as World War One French aviator […]

Jun, 17

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