Derek Winnert

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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

Beethoven *** (1992, Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones) – Classic Movie Review 11,226

Director Brian Levant’s 1992 comedy Beethoven stars Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt and Dean Jones. Two great big loveable fluffy things, Grodin and a giant St Bernard dog, make sweet music together as the odd couple […]

May, 20

The Pharmacist **** (1933, W C Fields, Marjorie Kane, Elise Cavanna, Grady Sutton, Lorena Carr) – Classic Movie Review 9794

The Pharmacist is a quirky, funny 1933 American pre-Code 20-minute comedy film directed by Arthur Ripley and starring W C Fields as horribly henpecked pharmacist Mr Dilweg, who tries to deal with his comedically over-demanding […]

May, 20

The Barber Shop **** (1933, W C Fields, Elise Cavanna, Harry Watson, Dagmar Oakland) – Classic Movie Review 9793

Funny, busy and inventive W C Fields short, with the star on hilarious form as the barber Cornelius O’Hare, with a typically grouchy wife (Elise Cavanna) and an unattainable object of lust (Dagmar Oakland). ‘Are […]

May, 20

Andy Hardy’s Double Life *** (1942, Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Ann Rutherford, Esther Williams, Fay Holden) – Classic Movie Review 8350

Esther Williams makes her feature film debut at the MGM studio in Andy Hardy’s Double Life (1942) and gets her first screen kiss from Mickey Rooney. Director George B Seitz’s 1942 Andy Hardy’s Double Life […]

Apr, 10

The Great Outdoors ** (1988, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening) – Classic Movie Review 8179

‘The wildlife is wild, but his brother-in-law is unbearable.’ Director Howard Deutch’s amiable but slack 1988 comedy The Great Outdoors at least starts with the benefit of a strong, game star cast of Dan Aykroyd, […]

Feb, 28

The Beast with a Million Eyes ** (1955, Paul Birch, Lorna Thayer, Dona Cole, Dick Sargent, Leonard Tarver, Chester Conklin) – Classic Movie Review 7727

An extra-terrestrial beast with, in fact, two eyes that looks like a coffee percolator (it also sees through animals in its power) descends on the American South-West desert and gets various farmyard creatures, a blackbird, […]

Oct, 30

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