Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

The Big Boodle [A Night in Havana] ** (1957, Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendariz, Rossana Rory, Gia Scala) – Classic Movie Review 12,658

The interesting 1957 Havana-set American film noir crime film The Big Boodle is based on the 1954 novel by Robert Sylvester, and stars Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendariz, Rossana Rory and Gia Scala. It is shot in […]

Oct, 02 · in Reviews

Teenage Zombies (1959, Katherine Victor, Don Sullivan, Paul Pepper, Mitzie Albertson) – Classic Movie Review 12,657

Jerry Warren’s infamously bad 1959 film Teenage Zombies stars Katherine Victor, Don Sullivan, Paul Pepper, Mitzie Albertson, and famed LA disc jockey Chuck Niles as hulking, bearded Ivan the Zombie, as well as Warren’s wife […]

Oct, 01 · in Reviews

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed *** (2023, documentary) – Classic Movie Review 12,656

Stephen Kijak’s timely and revelatory Altitude/ HBO documentary exploration of Hollywood and gay identity sheds some light on the life and death of iconic actor Rock Hudson. Lovely images but maybe there’s too much gossip […]

Sep, 28

Screwed [Pihalla] *** (2017, Mikko Kauppila, Valtteri Lehtinen, Sanna Majuri, Juho Keskitalo) – Classic Movie Review 12,655

The charming 2017 Finnish gay coming of age drama film Screwed [Pihalla] stars Mikko Kauppila and Valtteri Lehtinen as Miku and Elias, who find themselves, and each other, during a summer in the Finnish countryside. […]

Sep, 27

Golden Delicious *** (2022, Cardi Wong, Chris Carson, Parmiss Sehat, Ryan Mah) – Classic Movie Review 12,654

Jason Karman’s Canadian 2022 coming-of-age drama feature film debut Golden Delicious is an extremely nice and sweet, cheerful and romantic movie. The Chinese Canadian teenage hero Jake discovering his sexuality is winningly played by Cardi […]

Sep, 26

Wicked *** (1998, Julia Stiles, Chelsea Field, Louise Myrback, Michael Parks) – Classic Movie Review 12,653

‘Evil Never Looked So Good.’ Director Michael Steinberg’s gripping 1998 film Wicked stars Julia Stiles as a disturbed, manipulative teenage girl called Ellie Christianson, who is top of the police’s list of suspects when her mother […]

Sep, 25

Wicked As They Come [Portrait in Smoke] *** (1956, Arlene Dahl, Herbert Marshall, Philip Carey) – Classic Movie Review 12,652

The 1956 British film noir Wicked As They Come [Portrait in Smoke] stars Arlene Dahl, hogging the spotlight as New York gold-digger Kathy Allen, who uses her looks as a ticket out of the slums, […]

Sep, 25

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