Derek Winnert

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Johnny Frenchman ** (1945, Françoise Rosay, Tom Walls, Patricia Roc, Paul Dupuis, Ralph Michael, Frederick Piper, Arthur Hambling, Richard George, Bill Blewitt) – Classic Movie Review 4694

Director Charles Frend’s well-meaning 1945 wartime drama is an unusually weak Ealing Studios production – one of their rare disappointments – about fishing rivalry between Cornish and Breton fishermen in the English or French Channel, […]

Nov, 24

Duplicity *** (2009, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti) – Classic Movie Review 4620

After appearing together in 2004’s Closer, Clive Owen and Julia Roberts are reunited for writer-director Tony Gilroy’s entertaining 2009 romantic caper thriller as a pair of former spies for MI6 and the CIA. They fell […]

Nov, 09

Viva Las Vegas *** (1964, Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova) – Classic Movie Review 3898

Director George Sidney’s 1964 musical is one of Elvis Presley’s most irresistible showcases, thanks partly to an on-form star with some good songs to perform, partly to a zestful co-star in Ann-Margret, partly to the […]

Jun, 21

A League of Their Own *** (1992, Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Jon Lovitz, Madonna, Rosie O’Donnell) – Classic Movie Review 3134

An excellent comedy drama idea about the founding of the All-American Girls’ Baseball League in 1943 when the men were away at war comes close to being chucked away in the popular high-profile 1992 movie […]

Dec, 06

Brothers in Law **** (1957, Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Miles Malleson, Raymond Huntley, Eric Barker) – Classic Movie Review 1,846

The Boulting Brothers’ spirited 1957 British comedy film Brothers in Law sends up the UK legal profession. It is based on the 1955 novel by Henry Cecil, and stars Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas.  […]

Nov, 16

Summer Catch ** (2001, Freddie Prinze Jr, Jessica Biel, Matthew Lillard, Fred Ward) – Classic Movie Review 1756

Director Michael Tollin’s moderate 2001 sports-comedy-drama-romance is a typical Freddie Prinze Jr movie, in which he smiles a lot and looks sad a lot as Ryan Dunne, a working-class kid with major baseball league aspirations. […]

Oct, 11

The Battle of the Sexes *** (1959, Peter Sellers, Constance Cummings, Robert Morley) Classic Movie Review 1641

  Portsmouth-born Peter Sellers relishes his delicately fake posh Edinburgh district Morningside accent and has a great time in a good part for him as Mr Martin, the mouse-like elderly accountant of an Edinburgh Scottish tweed weaving […]

Sep, 06

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