Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "San Francisco"

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Hammett **** (1982, Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner) – Classic Movie Review 6,524

Wim Wenders’s eye-catching and very worthy 1982 neo noir film homage to the crime thriller and its great writer Dashiell Hammett has the tasteful stamp of its producer Francis Ford Coppola all over it. Coppola […]

Jan, 06

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! ** (1970, Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe, Edward Asner) – Classic Movie Review 6479

Director Gordon Douglas’s 1970 sequel to the 1967 classic In the Heat of the Night is an ordinary, but mildly entertaining thriller, in which Sidney Poitier reprises his role as good cop Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs on […]

Dec, 27

San Francisco ***** (1936, Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Jessie Ralph, Ted Healy, Shirley Ross) – Classic Movie Review 5143

Director W S Van Dyke II’s 1936 romantic melodrama still makes irresistible old-style golden years Hollywood entertainment at its finest, with a trio of great stars in Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy and […]

Mar, 12

Psych-Out *** (1968, Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Adam Roarke, Max Julien, Henry Jaglom) – Classic Movie Review 3868

‘These are the PLEASURE LOVERS! They’ll ask for a dime with hungry eyes… but they’ll give you love– for NOTHING!’ Or maybe this sells it better: ‘Hear Incense & Peppermints by the Strawberry Alarm Clock’. […]

Jun, 15

Follow the Fleet ***** (1936, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, Russell Hicks, Astrid Allwyn) – Classic Movie Review 2954

Director Mark Sandrich’s magical 1936 musical is the fifth movie of the much-loved ten film dancing partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Astaire and Randolph Scott play singin’ and dancin’ sailors who have eyes for […]

Oct, 04

Big Trouble in Little China **** (1986, Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun) – Classic Movie Review 2553

Director John Carpenter’s 1986 cult classic Big Trouble in Little China stars Kurt Russell in one of his iconic roles as Jack Burton, a trucker who gets sucked into a ‘centuries-old mystical battle’ in San Francisco’s […]

Jun, 03

Sweet November *** (2001, Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs) – Classic Movie Review 1573

Director Pat O’Connor’s 2001 movie tearfest Sweet November is an unexpected but welcome noughties updated remake of a long-forgotten 1968 romantic weepie, Sweet November. Keanu Reeves stars as Nelson Moss, a San Francisco workaholic executive […]

Aug, 21

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