Derek Winnert

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The Locket **** (1946, Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne) – Classic Movie Review 3661

Director John Brahm’s smooth, teasing 1946 film noir thriller The Locket stars lovely Laraine Day as Nancy, a woman who is accused of stealing a locket at the age of 10. And thereafter her life […]

May, 04

You, Me and Dupree *** (2006, Kate Hudson, Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas, Seth Rogen, Amanda Detmer, Bill Hader) – Classic Movie Review 3594

Kate Hudson and Matt Dillon are the nice stars as newly weds Molly and Carl Peterson, but it is Owen Wilson who steals the movie as their rather creepy best man Dupree, who stays on as a house […]

Apr, 20

Three Men and a Little Lady ** (1990, Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis) – Classic Movie Review 3560

Emile Ardolino directs a feeble 1990 sequel to the 1987 baby blockbuster comedy Three Men and a Baby, happily with all the appealing four stars returning. But, alas, Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson and Nancy Travis […]

Apr, 12

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 *½ (2016, Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan, Andrea Martin) – Movie Review

The 52-year-old Nia Vardalos returns as writer and star for this cosy, bland, lame and over-broadly farcical sequel to the 2002 blockbuster comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding. To be fair, it has some funny […]

Apr, 01

Royal Wedding [Wedding Bells] ***½ (1950, Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Sarah Churchill, Peter Lawford, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 3380

Director Stanley Donen’s tasty 1950 movie finds the MGM studios in the mood for cashing in the worldwide publicity and frenzy surrounding Queen Elizabeth’s wedding to Prince Philip with a cute musical with Fred Astaire and […]

Feb, 19

Show Boat ***** (1936, Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Charles Winninger, Hattie McDaniel) – Classic Movie Review 3044

Director James Whale’s 1936 movie is the superb second version of the classic Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical, based on Edna Ferber’s novel about the lives and loves of Mississippi river folk at the turn-of-the-last-century. […]

Nov, 08

I Capture the Castle ** (2002, Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Bill Nighy, Tara Fitzgerald, Henry Cavill, Henry Thomas, Marc Blucas) – Classic Movie Review 3009

Alas, Dodie Smith’s distinguished novel makes a disappointing, bloodless love story and coming-of-age movie, set in England in the Thirties. Romola Garai stars as young gel, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, in and out of love against […]

Oct, 24

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