Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Mare Nostrum **** (1926, Antonio Moreno, Alice Terry, Alex Nova) – Classic Movie Review 12,440

Rex Ingram’s spectacular 1926 MGM war drama silent film classic Mare Nostrum stars Antonio Moreno and Alice Terry. Ingram bought a studio in Nice and shot more than a million feet of film. MGM had […]

Mar, 04 · in Reviews

The Man I Married *** (1940, Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, Lloyd Nolan, Anna Sten, Otto Kruger, Maria Ouspenskaya, Ludwig Stossel, Johnny Russell) – Classic Movie Review 12,439

The historically fascinating 1940 wartime propaganda film The Man I Married is also known by the more explicit and sensationalistic title as I Married a Nazi. It stars Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, Lloyd Nolan and […]

Mar, 04 · in Reviews

The Lost City ** (2022, Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe) – Classic Movie Review 12,438

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum star in the amiable but moderate 2022 American action-adventure comedy film The Lost City as a depressed romance novelist and her dim-witted cover model who must try to escape from […]

Mar, 03

The Man I Love *** (1947, Ida Lupino, Robert Alda, Andrea King, Martha Vickers, Bruce Bennett, Alan Hale) – Classic Movie Review 12,437

The 1947 film noir melodrama The Man I Love is based on the novel Night Shift by Maritta Wolff, and stars Ida Lupino and Robert Alda. It is Martin Scorsese’s main inspiration for his 1977 […]

Mar, 03

The Bribe *** (1949, Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price, John Hodiak) – Classic Movie Review 12,436

‘Five Great Stars in a Daring Drama of Love and Adventure!’ Sounds great, but the 1949 film noir thriller The Bribe did poorly at the box office, resulting in a loss of $322,000 for MGM. […]

Mar, 02

Sauvage ***½ (2018, Félix Maritaud, Eric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla, Philippe Ohrel) – Classic Movie Review 12,435

Félix Maritaud is extraordinary as big city young hustler Léo, in the heart-breaking 2018 French drama film Sauvage [Wild]. Léo may be longing for love but is on the fast track to an early grave. […]

Mar, 02

Jonas [I Am Jonas] ***½ (2018, Félix Maritaud, Nicolas Bauwens, Tommy-Lee Baïk) – Classic Movie Review 12,434

The haunting 2018 French gay-themed movie I Am Jonas takes the risky bold step of switching continuously between present and past, and succeeds perfectly, becoming as exciting as any first-rate thriller. Writer/ director Christophe Charrier’s […]

Feb, 28

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