Derek Winnert

Reviews

Tick, Tick… Boom! [tick, tick… BOOM!] **** (2021, Andrew Garfield, Robin de Jesús, Alexandra Shipp, Joshua Henry, Vanessa Hudgens) – Movie Review

Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his exciting feature directorial debut in the 2021 American biographical musical drama film Tick, Tick… Boom!, based on the stage musical by Jonathan Larson. Andrew Garfield stars as Jonathan Larson, who in […]

Dec, 01

Until They Sail *** (1957, Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Piper Laurie, Sandra Dee, Paul Newman) – Classic Movie Review 11,760

The 1957 black and white wartime romantic drama film Until They Sail stars Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Piper Laurie, Sandra Dee and Paul Newman in James A Michener‘s tale of the loves and misadventures of […]

Dec, 01

That Funny Feeling ** (1965, Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Donald O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 11,759

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1965 romantic comedy That Funny Feeling stars Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin and Donald O’Connor. Unfortunately, unfunny feelings arise from this re-pairing of Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin simply because the wit and […]

Dec, 01

If a Man Answers ** (1962, Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Cesar Romero, John Lund, Micheline Presle, Stefanie Powers) – Classic Movie Review 11,758

Director Henry Levin’s 1962 film If a Man Answers is a glossy, fluffy and innocuous, but, alas, mostly unfunny Sixties sex comedy, with newly married rich socialite Chantal Stacy (Sandra Dee) trying to make her […]

Dec, 01

A Day’s Pleasure *** (1919, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan) – Classic Movie Review 11,757

Director Charles Chaplin’s 1919 comedy short A Day’s Pleasure is Chaplin’s fourth film for First National Pictures and stars Charles Chaplin as Father, Edna Purviance as his wife and Jackie Coogan as one of the kids. […]

Nov, 30

The Idle Class *** (1921, Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Mack Swain) – Classic Movie Review 11,756

  Writer-director Charles Chaplin’s 1921 comedy The Idle Class is a lesser but still entertaining and amusing Chaplin short film, just past his silent short peak, still playing the tramp but indulging in all the […]

Nov, 30

The Private Navy of Sgt O’Farrell * (1968, Bob Hope, Gina Lollobrigida, Phyllis Diller, Jeffrey Hunter, Mylène Demongeot) – Classic Movie Review 11,755

Writer-director Frank Tashlin’s 1968 backward-looking, old-fashioned, disappointing comedy The Private Navy of Sgt O’Farrell stars a very promising line-up in Bob Hope, Gina Lollobrigida, Phyllis Diller, Jeffrey Hunter, Mylène Demongeot, Henry Wilcoxon, Mako, John Myhers […]

Nov, 30

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