Derek Winnert

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Pretty in Pink *** (1986, Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Andrew McCarthy, Harry Dean Stanton) – Classic Movie Review 3086

Writer-producer John Hughes reunites with Molly Ringwald after The Breakfast Club (1985) for another one of his sensitive looks at the rites of passage of American high-school kids. Pretty in Pink is one of the […]

Nov, 24

Mr Skeffington ***** (1944, Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, Richard Waring) – Classic Movie Review 2700

The 1944 American drama film Mr Skeffington stars Bette Davis as a selfish, vain and bitchy woman who marries Jewish financier Job Skeffington (Claude Rains) only to save her brother from going to prison. Director […]

Jul, 14

The Thief of Bagdad ***** (1924, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Julanne Johnston, Snitz Edwards) – Classic Movie Review 1791

Writer-producer-star Douglas Fairbanks Sr took several of the 1001 Nights tales as his starting point to fashion the story of this classic 1924 silent movie as a showy vehicle for himself. He plays the clever Thief […]

Oct, 31

The Taming of the Shrew **** (1967, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael York, Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack, Alfred Lynch) – Classic Movie Review 1118

Director Franco Zeffirelli brings immense zest, impressive vitality and glorious colour to his 1967 film of the William Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew, while ideally cast and on-form, fired-up Richard Burton and Elizabeth […]

Apr, 19

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