Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

The Spy with a Cold Nose ** (1966, Laurence Harvey, Daliah Lavi, Lionel Jeffries, Eric Sykes, Eric Portman, Colin Blakely, Denholm Elliott, Robert Flemyng, Paul Ford)– Classic Movie Review 12,636

Robert Flemyng plays the chief of MI5 who decides to implant a transmitter microphone in a British dog, which is then presented to the Russian leader (Colin Blakely), in Daniel Petrie’s 1966 comedy film The […]

Sep, 09 · in Reviews

Beautiful Something *** (2015, Brian Sheppard, Zack Ryan, Colman Domingo, John Lescault, Grant Lancaster) – Classic Movie Review 12,635

The engrossingly offbeat and lusty 2015 film Beautiful Something is all about the need for connection and commitment, unravelling in one night when four diverse gay men try to navigate their desire for art, sex […]

Sep, 08 · in Reviews

Strapped *** (2010, Benjamin Bonenfant, Nick Frangione, Artem Mishin, Michael Carlisi) – Classic Movie Review 12,634

Benjamin Bonenfant stars as a handsome hustler who learns about life during a series of sexual encounters among a building’s strange residents, in Joseph Graham’s engagingly odd and edgy 2010 film Strapped. Benjamin Bonenfant stars […]

Sep, 08

The Weapon *** (1956, Steve Cochran, Lizabeth Scott, Herbert Marshall, Nicole Maurey, Jon Whiteley, George Cole) – Classic Movie Review 12,633

The 1956 British film The Weapon offers modest crime melodrama thrills, but it is nicely done and neatly acted, and it rattles along thanks to the able touches of director Val Guest. The 1956 British […]

Sep, 07

The Kidnappers [The Little Kidnappers] **** (1953, Duncan Macrae, Vincent Winter, Jon Whiteley, Theodore Bikel, Jean Anderson, Adrienne Corri, Francis de Wolff) – Classic Movie Review 12,632

The delightful 1953 British film The Kidnappers [The Little Kidnappers] tells of two Scots orphans, living with their stern grandpa (Duncan Macrae) in 1904 Nova Scotia, who befriend an unattended baby. Jon Whiteley and Vincent […]

Sep, 07

Dreams from Strangers [Non accettare i sogni dagli sconosciuti] *** (2015, Giuseppe Claudio Insalaco, Daniel De Rossi) – Classic Movie Review 12,631

Italian boy meets Russian boy in St Petersburg, but there’s no love for gays in Russia. Giuseppe Claudio Insalaco stars in the 2015 Italian drama film Dreams from Strangers [Non accettare i sogni dagli sconosciuti] […]

Sep, 06

The Mattachine Family *** (2023, Nico Tortorella, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Emily Hampshire, Jake Choi, Garrett Clayton, Carl Clemons-Hopkins) – Classic Movie Review 12,630

Andy Vallentine’s amusing, likeable 2023 comedy drama film The Mattachine Family is the heartfelt story of a loving gay male married couple who find they have different ideas about family after their beloved foster son […]

Sep, 03

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