Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

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 · in Reviews

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 · in Reviews

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

Né Giulietta, né Romeo [A Little Lust] *** (2015, Andrea Amato, Pia Engleberth, Corrado Invernizzi, Carolina Pavone, Francesco De Miranda) – Classic Movie Review 12,629

The fresh and funny 2015 comedy drama Né Giulietta, né Romeo [A Little Lust] is a likeable, well meaning film starting from bullying and homophobia among teenagers at an Italian high school, where gay teenager […]

Aug, 28

Since The Last Time We Met [Desde la última vez que nos vimos] *** (2023, Patricio Arellano, Esteban Recagno, Martin Stark) – Classic Movie Review 12,628

The bitter-sweet 2023 Argentina film Since The Last Time We Met is a success, as an agreeable, handsome and stylish romantic drama. It illustrates vividly what we all know: never look back, don’t try to […]

Aug, 28

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