Derek Winnert

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Paris Blues *** (1961, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong, Diahann Carroll, Serge Reggiani, Barbara Laage) – Classic Movie Review 6853

Director Martin Ritt’s interesting, underrated 1961 movie stars Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier as Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook, American ex-pat jazz players in Paris who cuddle up to two American tourists, Lillian and Connie […]

Mar, 25

Parachute Jumper *** (1933, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Bette Davis, Leo Carrillo, Claire Dodd, Frank McHugh) – Classic Movie Review 6,852

The better than routine 1933 Warner Bros aviation-themed adventure film Parachute Jumper is given pizzazz by the charismatic combination of Douglas Fairbanks Jr as the parachute jumper, Leo Carrillo as a mobster and Bette Davis […]

Mar, 25

Rough Magic ** (1995, Bridget Fonda, Russell Crowe, Jim Broadbent) – Classic Movie Review 6847

Co-writer/ director Clare Peploe’s odd 1995 comedy film reworking of a vintage 1944 thriller novel by expert James Hadley Chase called Miss Shumway Waves a Wand is an extremely well crafted, interesting movie but a bit of […]

Mar, 24

Game Night *** (2018, Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Jesse Plemons, Sharon Horgan, Billy Magnussen) – Movie Review

Atoning for their horrible 2105 effort Vacation, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein are joint directors of the surprisingly fun and funny crime black comedy Game Night, in which a group of friends who meet for game nights […]

Mar, 06

Omar Khayyam ** (1957, Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Michael Rennie, Raymond Massey, John Derek) – Classic Movie Review 6,766

Cornel Wilde struggles manfully against his weird casting as the 11th-century Persian genius of letters defending his country from the invading sect of assassins out to kill the Shah, in the engaging 1957 Arabian Nights […]

Mar, 04

Becky Sharp **** (1935, Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, William Faversham, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth) – Classic Movie Review 6547

Director Rouben Mamoulian’s witty and delightful classic 1935 film version of William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel Vanity Fair made movie history as the first feature film to use the newly developed three-strip Technicolor throughout. It was […]

Jan, 11

Grand Prix **** (1966, James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune) – Classic Movie Review 6533

Director John Frankenheimer’s 1966 car race soap opera movie is extremely lively and good-looking, and meticulously crafted, ending up with three Oscars.  ‘Glamour! Speed! Spectacle!’ – yes that’s what we’ve got here. James Garner, Brian Bedford, […]

Jan, 07

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