Derek Winnert

Reviews

The Diary of Anne Frank *** (1980, Melissa Gilbert, Maximilian Schell, Joan Plowright, Doris Roberts, James Coco, Scott Jacoby, Clive Revill) – Classic Movie Review 12,332

Melissa Gilbert is excellent as Anne Frank in director Boris Sagal’s strongly cast, stalwart, moving 1980 TV movie remake of the 1959 feature film The Diary of Anne Frank. It re-tells the real-life story of […]

Oct, 20

Silent Youth *** (2012, Martin Bruchmann, Josef Mattes, Linda Schüle, Mathias Neuber) – Classic Movie Review 12,328

Writer/ director Diemo Kemmesies’s German gay drama film Silent Youth is an edgy spin on the classic coming out story, all about what will be hard to remember later, or what you may prefer to forget, […]

Oct, 18

The Man with the Answers **** (2021, Vasilis Magouliotis, Anton Weil, Stella Fyrogeni) – Classic Movie Review 12,330

Boy meets boy. Boy takes a desperate chance on boy. Troubles on the road ahead. The tender and funny adventurous romantic gay road trip film The Man with the Answers (2021) stars Vasilis Magouliotis as […]

Oct, 16

Shelter **** (2007, Trevor Wright, Brad Rowe, Tina Holmes) – Classic Movie Review 12,329

Writer/ director Jonah Markowitz’s super-nice, tremendously optimistic 2007 feel-good romantic drama gay movie Shelter is persuasively done, with a winning performance by Trevor Wright as Zach, a slightly lost aspiring young artist living in San Pedro, […]

Oct, 15

The Grudge *** (2004, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, KaDee Strickland, Clea DuVall, Bill Pullman) – Classic Movie Review 12,328

Sarah Michelle Gellar stars in a useful role for her as Karen Davis, an American care worker exchange student in Tokyo, in director Takashi Shimizu’s 2004 supernatural evil spirit horror film The Grudge, written by […]

Oct, 15

4th Man Out *** (2015, Evan Todd, Parker Young, Chord Overstreet, Jon Gabrus, Kate Flannery, Jennifer Damiano) – Classic Movie Review 12,327

The good-natured, warm-hearted 2015 American comedy film 4th Man Out stars Evan Todd as Adam, a young man living in Upstate New York who, on his 24th birthday, struggles to come out as gay to […]

Oct, 13

Attic movies

Attics are known for being awkwardly shaped spaces with exposed rafters, difficult-to-reach corners, and hard to access. They can be safe havens or places of threat, so what are they in the movies? Attic movie number […]

Oct, 03

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