Derek Winnert

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The End *** (1978, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Dom DeLuise, Robby Benson, Kristy McNichol, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Pat O’Brien, Carl Reiner) – Classic Movie Review 7572

The 1978 movie The End is good tasteless, crazy black comedy fun from Burt Reynolds, with the star directing himself as Wendell Sonny Lawson, a Woody Allen-style hypochondriac who however learns he has a year […]

Sep, 13

Any Wednesday ** (1966, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Dean Jones, Rosemary Murphy) – Classic Movie Review 7547

‘It’s got some new ideas about multiple dwelling!’ Director Robert Ellis Miller’s 1966 comedy Any Wednesday turns a thin but affable Broadway farce by Muriel Resnik into a thin but affable movie – with the bright […]

Sep, 06

Back Street **** (1941, Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Richard Carlson) – Classic Movie Review 7,000

The 1941 romantic drama film Back Street is arguably the best and most romantic of the three Universal Pictures film versions of Fannie Hurst’s novel about a woman’s love for a married man. A guaranteed […]

May, 04

Bed of Roses *** (1933, Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Pert Kelton) – Classic Movie Review 6725

The scandalous 1933 pre-Production Code Depression-era comedy drama film Bed of Roses is a sharp and amusing story of ‘the girl who took a shortcut down the primrose path’. Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea star.  […]

Feb, 23

The Bad Lord Byron *** (1949, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Linden Travers, Sonia Holm, Mai Zetterling) – Classic Movie Review 6123

Director David MacDonald’s entertaining 1949 historical biopic was originally scorned because it lacks a seriousness of purpose. But now it can be admired as an enjoyable piece of good fun, as well as for its […]

Oct, 21

A Severed Head ** (1970, Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Ian Holm, Claire Bloom, Jennie Linden, Clive Revill) – Classic Movie Review 5979

Director Dick Clement’s 1970 sex comedy is an intriguing might-have-been sort of movie. It has all the clever elements it needs to make it work, but strangely it misfires. Writer Frederic Raphael and the actors […]

Aug, 27

Mistress ** (1992, Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Danny Aiello, Robert De Niro, Eli Wallach) – Classic Movie Review 5787

Robert Wuhl stars as Marvin Landisman, a screenwriter-director whose old movie script is liked by a producer, Jack Roth (Martin Landau). But every potential financial backer (Danny Aiello, Robert De Niro and Eli Wallach) has a […]

Jul, 18

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