Derek Winnert

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The Horizontal Lieutenant * (1962, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Carter, Jim Backus) – Classic Movie Review 12,503

MGM’s 1962 romantic comedy war film The Horizontal Lieutenant pairs likeable Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss for the fourth and last time. Director Richard Thorpe’s 1962 American romantic comedy war film The Horizontal Lieutenant stars Jim Hutton, […]

May, 11 · in Reviews

Bachelor in Paradise ** (1961, Bob Hope, Lana Turner,Janis Paige, Don Porter, Paula Prentiss, Jim Hutton, Agnes Moorehead, John McGiver) – Classic Movie Review 12,502

Bachelor in Paradise is an old-fashioned (even for 1961), amiable star vehicle for Bob Hope. It is Hope’s first film with MGM and Lana Turner’s first romantic comedy in many years. Director Jack Arnold’s 1961 […]

May, 11 · in Reviews

Operation Hyacinth [Hiacynt] ***½ (2021, Tomasz Ziętek, Hubert Miłkowski, Marek Kalita) – Classic Movie Review 12,501

The disturbing and revealing 2021 Polish thriller film Operation Hyacinth [Hiacynt] stars Tomasz Ziętek as an earnest young policeman assigned a case of a serial murderer targeting homosexuals in Warsaw.  Director Piotr Domalewski’s disturbing and […]

May, 09

Advance to the Rear [Company of Cowards] *** (1964, Glenn Ford, Melvyn Douglas, Stella Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 12,500

The nifty, vivacious and amusing 1964 spoof Western film Advance to the Rear [Company of Cowards] stars Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens and Melvyn Douglas. Director George Marshall’s 1964 film Advance to the Rear [Company of […]

May, 09

Under the Amalfi Sun [Sotto il sole di Amalfi] *** (2022, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Ludovica Martino, Isabella Ferrari, Luca Ward, Davide Calgaro) – Classic Movie Review 12,499

Lorenzo Zurzolo and Ludovica Martino return as blind boy Vincenzo and his girl Camilla in the 2022 Italian romantic comedy-drama film Under the Amalfi Sun [Sotto il sole di Amalfi], the warm and welcome sequel […]

May, 08

Coming Out **** (1989, Matthias Freihof, Dagmar Manzel, Dirk Kummer) – Classic Movie Review 12,498

Heiner Carow’s important, significant and relevant 1989 film Coming Out is the first East German film to deal openly with gay issues. It was the last East German film released before German reunification, premiered the […]

May, 08

Mississippi Gambler ** (1942, Kent Taylor, Frances Langford, John Litel, Shemp Howard, Claire Dodd, Wade Boteler) – Classic Movie Review 12,497

Universal Pictures’ 1942 black and white American crime thriller film Mississippi Gambler stars Kent Taylor as a New York City newsman reporter called Johnny Forbes, who seeks a killer. Better news is the charm and […]

May, 07

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