Derek Winnert

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Assignment – Paris ** (1952, Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, George Sanders, Audrey Totter) – Classic Movie Review 11,240

Yes it is Assignment Paris but Destination Budapest. And assignment Robert Parrish, who conscientiously directs Dana Andrews as Jimmy Race, a US Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter sent by his editor behind the Iron […]

May, 25

Eat a Bowl of Tea *** (1989, Cora Miao, Russell Wong, Victor Wong) – Classic Movie Review 10,766

Director Wayne Wang’s 1989 Eat a Bowl of Tea is a gently amusing, telling and well acted 1940s-set romantic comedy drama about the family troubles of a young Chinese-American, Ben Loy (Russell Wong), when he […]

Jan, 08

Angels in the Outfield *** (1951, Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 10,347

Director Clarence Brown’s 1951 black and white sports drama and family fantasy comedy Angels in the Outfield [Angels and the Pirates] is a sweet and strange slice of MGM religious fantasy with Paul Douglas as […]

Sep, 25

Start the Revolution Without Me **** (1970, Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 9996

Director Bud Yorkin’s 1970 film Start the Revolution Without Me stars Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland, who are hilarious in this funny crazy comedy about mistaken identity involving a couple of pairs of identical twins […]

Jul, 03

The Riddle of the Sands *** (1979, Michael York, Simon MacCorkindale, Jenny Agutter, Alan Badel) – Classic Movie Review 9558

Director Tony Maylam’s attractive 1978 adventure The Riddle of the Sands is deliberately old fashioned, with stiff-upper-lip performances, a handsome, well-crafted production and that convincing period atmosphere that the British do so well. The 1903 […]

Mar, 25

Brideshead Revisited ***** (1981, Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick, Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 9289

Directors Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s monumental and magnificent 1981 Brideshead Revisited is Granada Television’s sumptuous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel about England’s decadent and declining upper-class between the world wars, made in 11 episodes. […]

Jan, 22

The Savage Eye *** (1960, Barbara Baxley, Gary Merrill, Herschel Bernardi) – Classic Movie Review 9101

Writers/ producers/ directors Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers and Joseph Strick’s odd but engaging 1959 docu-drama The Savage Eye stars Barbara Baxley, who is believable as Judith McGuire, a disillusioned woman trying to see if there […]

Nov, 26

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