Derek Winnert

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This Earth Is Mine ** (1959, Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons, Claude Rains, Dorothy McGuire) – Classic Movie Review 10,911

‘I want you… no matter what the price or penalty!’ Claude Rains as Rock Hudson’s grandfather? That’s the kind of half-brained idea that propels director Henry King’s soapy 1959 Universal International Pictures Technicolor and CinemaScope […]

Feb, 13

Serenade ** (1956, Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel, Vincent Price) – Classic Movie Review 9764

James M Cain’s dark and gritty 1937 thriller source novel Serenade is emasculated to produce a standard soapy Hollywood musical tale of a poor vineyard worker Damon Vincenti (Mario Lanza) rising to operatic success via […]

May, 14

Eye of the Devil ** (1967, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Emlyn Williams, Flora Robson, Donald Pleasence, David Hemmings, Sharon Tate) – Classic Movie Review 8842

Director J Lee Thompson’s promising but clunky 1967 occult crime horror mystery thriller Eye of the Devil stars David Niven, who looks lost as Philippe de Montfaucon, the wine-growing French marquis who has to be […]

Aug, 19

Killer Bees ** (1974, Gloria Swanson, Edward Albert, Kate Jackson, Roger Davis, Craig Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 3101

‘She controls the bees. They’ll kill for her — and die for her. She’s their queen… and she’ll live forever.’ Director Curtis Harrington’s enjoyably daft 1974 horror thriller stars the great silent movie actress Gloria […]

Nov, 26

Natural Resistance *** (2014) – Movie Review

US film-maker Jonathan Nossiter, best known for his 2014 anti-corporate wine-making documentary Mondovino, returns to the subject, documenting the drastic shifts that have affected the industry in the decade. By chatting with four Italian wine producers about the current […]

Jun, 20

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