Derek Winnert

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Sweet and Lowdown *** (1999, Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Anthony LaPaglia, Uma Thurman, Woody Allen) – Classic Movie Review 1802

Writer-director Woody Allen’s 1999 Jazz Age fable takes the form of a fanciful, fictional tribute to the legendary 30s jazz guitarist Emmet Ray (Sean Penn), who was second only to Django Reinhardt as a music […]

Nov, 03

Sliding Doors **** (1998, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, Jeanne Tripplehorn, John Lynch) – Classic Movie Review 1714

  Gwyneth Paltrow finds that fate can be sealed as fast as a pair of sliding doors and there are two sides to every story. She’s going to live both of them! Writer-director Peter Howitt’s […]

Sep, 27

The Titfield Thunderbolt ***** (1953, Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson) – Classic Movie Review 1640

  English villagers take direct action when their rail line faces heartless government closure by running it themselves. Charles Crichton’s 1953 Ealing Studios comedy gem The Titfield Thunderbolt glories in the antique values of the […]

Sep, 06

The Rover ***½ (2014, Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy) – Movie Review

At 47, a scarily ravaged-looking Guy Pearce stars as Eric, a hardened, cold-blooded drifter loner who relentlessly pursues the men who stole his car, which he cares for passionately as his last remaining possession, across the […]

Aug, 14

Love Me Tender **** (1956, Elvis Presley, Richard Egan, Debra Paget) – Classic Movie Review 1357

Elvis Presley makes his historic first movie appearance in director Robert D Webb’s interesting if routine 1956 American Civil War Western with musical numbers about four feuding Southern brothers, all of whom love the sultry […]

Jun, 26

Murder on the Orient Express **** (1974, Albert Finney, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave) – Classic Movie Review 1304

Director Sidney Lumet’s sumptuous, famous 1974 film mystery set a cinema trend, starting a long, profitable train of Agatha Christie hit movies. This film’s tagline is ‘The greatest cast of suspicious characters ever involved in murder.’ […]

Jun, 07

My Favorite Blonde **** (1942, Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 1,276

Bob Hope is at his hilarious peak as a vaudeville performer who gets mixed up with British and German secret agents in the fast and funny 1942 comedy film My Favorite Blonde. Madeleine Carroll is […]

Jun, 01

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