Derek Winnert

Reviews

Uncensored ** (1942, Eric Portman, Phyllis Calvert, Griffith Jones) – Classic Movie Review 11,876

Director Anthony Asquith’s 1942 British World War Two wartime film Uncensored is based on the 1937 novel by Oscar Millard, is set in occupied Belgium, and stars Eric Portman, Phyllis Calvert and Griffith Jones. André Delange […]

Jan, 23

The Strange Door *** (1951, Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Michael Pate, Sally Forrest, Richard Stapley) – Classic Movie Review 11,875

Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff overact entertainingly as a mad French nobleman and the family servant in Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Door in 1951. Director Joseph Pevney’s 1951 black and white Universal-International Pictures horror film […]

Jan, 23

Under Ten Flags [Sotto Dieci Bandiere] *** (1960, Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, John Ericson, Mylène Demongeot, Cecil Parker) – Classic Movie Review 11,874

Director Duilio Coletti’s 1960  Italian-American war film Under Ten Flags [Sotto Dieci Bandiere] stars Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, John Ericson, Mylène Demongeot, and Cecil Parker. Under Ten Flags is an intriguing and involving Italian-made World War […]

Jan, 22

Ulysses [Ulisse] *** (1954, Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn, Rossana Podestà) – Classic Movie Review 11,873

The 1954 Italian-American historical adventure film Ulysses [Ulisse] is based on the poem The Odyssey by Homer, and stars Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn and Rossana Podestà. Director Mario Camerini’s 1954 fantasy-adventure historical drama […]

Jan, 22

The Unbearable Lightness of Being **** (1988, Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin) – Classic Movie Review 11,872

Czech-born novelist Milan Kundera’s best-known work is The Unbearable Lightness of Being: the idea is that everything is guaranteed to recur infinitely in an infinite universe. But he complained about the film version. Director Philip […]

Jan, 22

Friends with Money *** (2006, Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand, Joan Cusack, Jason Isaacs, Scott Caan, Simon McBurney, Greg Germann) – Classic Movie Review 11,871

Friends actress Jennifer Aniston stars as Olivia in the appealing and perceptive 2006 American comedy-drama film Friends with Money, wittily written and nimbly directed by Nicole Holofcener. Single woman Olivia cleans houses in Los Angeles […]

Jan, 21

Walking Tall: Final Chapter [Final Chapter: Walking Tall] * (1977, Bo Svenson, Margaret Blye, Forrest Tucker, Lurene Tuttle, Morgan Woodward, Leif Garrett) – Classic Movie Review 11,870

The third in the Walking Tall series, director Jack Starrett’s 1977 action thriller Walking Tall: Final Chapter [Final Chapter: Walking Tall], is more of the same violent adventures of Southern vigilante sheriff Buford Pusser, only […]

Jan, 21

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