Derek Winnert

Reviews

Welcome to LA **** (1976, Keith Carradine, Sally Kellerman, Geraldine Chaplin, Harvey Keitel, Lauren Hutton, Sissy Spacek) – Classic Movie Review 11,553

Writer-director Alan Rudolph’s confident, revealing and entertaining 1976 ensemble film Welcome to LA is much like those of his mentor, producer Robert Altman, a plotless look at a group of mostly middle-class people, who include […]

Sep, 05

Remember My Name ***½ (1978, Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Perkins, Moses Gunn, Jeff Goldblum, Berry Berenson) – Classic Movie Review 11,552)

Alan Rudolph’s 1978 drama film Remember My Name is an admirable, offbeat, atmospheric neo-film noir thriller. He called it ‘an update of the classic woman’s melodramas.’ Geraldine Chaplin stars with Anthony Perkins.  Writer-director Alan Rudolph’s […]

Sep, 05

The Renegade Ranger *** (1938, George O’Brien, Rita Hayworth, Tim Holt) – Classic Movie Review 11,551

Director David Howard’s 1938 RKO Radio Pictures black and white Western film The Renegade Ranger stars George O’Brien, Rita Hayworth and Tim Holt. Lovely Rita Hayworth stars as the beautiful Judith Alvarez, who is accused […]

Sep, 04

Renegades ** (1930, Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Bela Lugosi, Noah Beery Sr, C Henry Gordon, Gregory Gaye, George Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 11,550

Director Victor Fleming’s 1930 desert adventure film Renegades stars Warner Baxter as Jean Deucalion, Myrna Loy as Eleanore, Noah Beery as Thurman Machwurth, Gregory Gaye as Dmitri Vologuine, George Cooper as Harry A. Biloxi, Bela […]

Sep, 04

Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming * (1990, Jason Connery, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joss Ackland, Patricia Hodge, David Warner, Colin Welland, Fiona Fullerton, Richard Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 11,549

Director Ferdinand Fairfax’s 1990 biographical film Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming narrates the myth-making fictional exploits of the James Bond creator Ian Fleming as a young playboy, a bad boy expelled from several […]

Sep, 04

Goldeneye *** (1989, Charles Dance, Phyllis Logan, Patrick Ryecart) – Classic Movie Review 11,548

Director Don Boyd’s 1989 drama Goldeneye is a glossy biographical sketch of James Bond creator Ian Fleming (ably played by Charles Dance), focusing on his love life and work in military intelligence during the 1940s […]

Sep, 04

Tiger by the Tail [Cross-Up] ** (1954, Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Lisa Daniely) – Classic Movie Review 11,547

Director John Gilling’s 1955 British low-budget crime thriller film Tiger by the Tail is a basically pretty dull old British B-movie. But it is much enlivened by its handling and its star Larry Parks (The […]

Sep, 03

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