Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "rock ‘n’ roll"

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Company Man ** (2000, Douglas McGrath, Sigourney Weaver, Paul Guilfoyle, Denis Leary, John Turturro, Alan Cumming, Anthony LaPaglia) – Classic Movie Review 10,982

Writers-directors Peter Askin and Douglas McGrath’s 2000 comedy Company Man stars Douglas McGrath, Jeffrey Jones, Reathel Bean, Paul Guilfoyle, Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Phillippe, Heather Matarazzo, Denis Leary, John Turturro, Alan Cumming, Anthony LaPaglia and Woody […]

Mar, 03

Buddy’s Song *** (1991, Roger Daltrey, Chesney Hawkes, Sharon Duce, Michael Elphick, Douglas Hodge) – Classic Movie Review 9956

Director Claude Whatham’s 1991 Buddy’s Song stars Roger Daltrey as Terry Clark, a middle-aged rocker who fights with his yuppie wife Carol (Sharon Duce) and teaches his aspiring teenage son, the eponymous Buddy (Chesney Hawkes), how […]

Jun, 24

Rock ‘n’ Roll High School *** (1979, P J Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard) – Classic Movie Review 9358

It’s pretty, teenage delinquent, Ramones fan Riff Randell (P J Soles) versus the strict, non-musical, rock ‘n’ roll-hating new Vince Lombardi high school principal Miss Togar (Mary Woronov), in director Allan Arkush’s Roger Corman-produced 1979 […]

Feb, 08

Untamed Youth **½ (1957, Mamie Van Doren, Lori Nelson, Lurene Tuttle, John Russell, Don Burnett) – Classic Movie Review 4863

Director Howard W Koch’s 1957 rock ‘n’ roll, juvenile delinquency, youth drama exploitation movie, written by John C. Higgins and Stephen Longstreet, stars Mamie Van Doren and Lori Nelson as American starstruck sisters Penny and Jane Lowe. Alas, […]

Jan, 08

American Graffiti **** (1973, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul LeMat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Cindy Williams) – Classic Movie Review 4,739

George Lucas’s incisive, nostalgia-fuelled 1973 hit comedy drama film American Graffiti is propelled by 40 superlative songs of the Sixties, and effortlessly captures the flavour of the era. In 1962, four small-town California high-school graduate […]

Dec, 02

Rock all Night *** (1957, Dick Miller, Russell Johnson, Jonathan Haze, Abby Dalton, The Platters, Robin Morse) – Classic Movie Review 4444

Director Roger Corman’s interesting, tuneful and suspenseful 1957 B-movie cult classic is a rock ‘n’ roll thriller film tailored for the drive-in theatres of the day. Russell Johnson and Jonathan Haze star as killers Joey and […]

Oct, 02

Light of Day ** (1987, Michael J Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett, Michael McKean) – Classic Movie Review 4155

Writer-director Paul Schrader’s 1987 youth, family and music drama movie hardly saw the light of day despite its cult film-maker, a hot new star in Michael J Fox who had just hit the big time, and its […]

Aug, 10

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