Derek Winnert

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Captain Nemo and the Underwater City ** (1969, Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Nanette Newman) – Classic Movie Review 3726

Director James Hill’s 1969 adventure movie Captain Nemo and the Underwater City is passable entertainment for youngsters, but it is a routine movie if compared with Captain Nemo’s earlier tale 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea […]

May, 20

Midnight Lace *** (1960, Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowall, Herbert Marshall, Natasha Parry, John Williams, Anthony Dawson, Hermione Baddeley) – Classic Movie Review 3,126

The polished 1960 Hitchcock-style thriller film Midnight Lace stars Doris Day, exquisitely gowned by Irene, who was Oscar nominated for Best Color Costume Design. Day plays a terrified married American heiress, threatened by an anonymous […]

Dec, 03

The Blue Gardenia **** (1953, Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr) – Classic Movie Review 2,600

Fritz Lang said: ‘I had to shoot The Blue Gardenia in 20 days. Maybe that’s what made me so venomous.’ The moody 1953 film noir crime thriller stars Anne Baxter, Raymond Burr, Richard Conte and […]

Jun, 14

Denise Calls Up **** (1995, Tim Daly, Caroleen Feeney, Dan Gunther) – Classic Movie Review 1759

  A group of New Yorker friends, busy working on their PCs and laptops, are for ever calling each other up – but never actually meeting – in writer-director Hal Salwen’s witty 1995 satirical comedy. Too busy […]

Oct, 11

Pillow Talk **** (1959, Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter) – Classic Movie Review 1718

The 1959 film Pillow Talk sparked off Doris Day and Rock Hudson’s series of profitable hit comedy movies. They teamed for three films and this is the best of them. Day was Oscar nominated as […]

Sep, 29

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure **** (1989, Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter) – Classic Movie Review 1638

Director Stephen Herek’s 1989 juvenile teen comedy classic showcases iconic, exuberantly overstated clowns’ performances by the talented Keanu Reeves (Ted Logan) and Alex Winter (Bill Preston). High school best buddies Bill & Ted are two […]

Sep, 06

Sorry, Wrong Number **** (1948, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards ) – Classic Movie Review 720

Barbara Stanwyck earned an Oscar nomination for her thrilling performance as Leona Stevenson, a paranoid, hypochondriac woman confined to her bed who accidentally overhears on the phone a conversation between two men planning to murder […]

Jan, 19

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