Derek Winnert

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Mister Ten Per Cent ** (1967, Charlie Drake, George Baker, Annette Andre, John Le Mesurier, Una Stubbs, Derek Nimmo, Wanda Ventham) – Classic Movie Review 11,478

Director Peter Graham Scott’s strained, largely unfunny 1967 British comedy film Mister Ten Per Cent stars Charlie Drake, George Baker, Annette Andre, John Le Mesurier, Una Stubbs, Derek Nimmo and Wanda Ventham. Drake plays construction […]

Aug, 14

Author! Author! *** (1982, Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Bob Dishy) – Classic Movie Review 9675

Director Arthur Hiller’s 1982 comedy Author! Author! Stars Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, and Bob Dishy, and has a screenplay by Israel Horovitz. Although Al Pacino is odd casting (since he is not exactly […]

Apr, 25

Critic’s Choice *** (1963, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell, Rip Torn, Jessie Royce Landis, Jim Backus, Marie Windsor, John Dehner) – Classic Movie Review 9191

Director Don Weis’s 1963 comedy Critic’s Choice perhaps would not be every critic’s choice, but still it should not be overlooked by fans of Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, who make a good team and […]

Dec, 26
All Is True *** (2018, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen) – Movie Review

All Is True *** (2018, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen) – Movie Review

Director Kenneth Branagh’s All Is True (2018) is a thoroughly enjoyable, bitter-sweet look the troubled final days of William Shakespeare. It is a good, honourable, solid, old-fashioned film – the kind the Brits ought to […]

Feb, 04

No Time for Comedy *** (1940, Rosalind Russell, James Stewart, Genevieve Tobin, Charles Ruggles) – Classic Movie Review 7951

Director William Keighley’s 1940 screwball romantic comedy No Time for Comedy stars James Stewart as comedy playwright Gay Esterbrook who scores a hit with his first Broadway play and then wants to write something heavyweight, […]

Dec, 28

Deathtrap **** (1982, Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth, Henry Jones) – Classic Movie Review 7811

Director Sidney Lumet’s 1982 hit Deathtrap is a hugely enjoyable film version of Ira Levin’s stage thriller, with Michael Caine as the has-been Broadway playwright Sidney Bruhl suffering from writer’s block who conceives one of his […]

Nov, 19

Oscar Wilde **** (1960, Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, Ralph Richardson, John Neville, Dennis Price, Alexander Knox, Edward Chapman) – Classic Movie Review 7236

The smooth and satisfying 1960 biopic Oscar Wilde stars Robert Morley as the playwright and Ralph Richardson as the ruthless prosecuting counsel Sir Edward Carson at his trial. Director Gregory Ratoff’s smooth and satisfying 1960 […]

Jun, 30

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