Derek Winnert

Reviews

Firebird **** (2021, Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Nicholas Woodeson, Diana Pozharskaya) – Movie Review

Director Peeter Rebane’s ambitious 2021 romantic drama Firebird is an intelligent, thoughtful, moving and involving true gay love story set against the repressive background of a Soviet Air Force Base in the era of the […]

Mar, 20

Jump, Darling **** (2020, Thomas Duplessie, Cloris Leachman, Linda Kash) – Movie Review

Writer-director Phil Connell’s appealing, amusing and moving 2020 Canadian drama Jump, Darling stars Thomas Duplessie as Russell, aka rookie drag queen Fishy Falters, who escapes from a break-up with his boyfriend to his grandmother (Cloris […]

Mar, 19

Boy Meets Boy **** (2021, Matthew James Morrison, Alexis Koutsoulis) – Movie Review

Ah yes, When Harry Met Johannes. Co-writer/ director Daniel Sanchez Lopez’s German gay romantic drama Boy Meets Boy (2021) stars Matthew James Morrison as young English intern junior doctor Harry, Alexis Koutsoulis as the beautiful […]

Mar, 19

Aerial Gunner *** (1943, Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Jimmy Lydon, Amelita Ward) – Classic Movie Review 11,033

‘THRILLS… ACTION… Somewhere in the Pacific.’ Director William H Pine’s 1943 wartime romantic drama Aerial Gunner features forgotten star Richard Arlen, who reworks his own part in the 1927 Wings (the first Oscar Best Picture) […]

Mar, 19

The ‘Human’ Factor * (1975, George Kennedy, John Mills, Raf Vallone, Arthur Franz, Rita Tushingham, Frank Avianca, Barry Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 11,032

Every 24 hours an American family will be killed!… and only The Human Factor (1975) can stop it… Director Edward Dmytryk’s 1975 UK/ Italy co-production The Human Factor is an undistinguished and nasty-toned revenge action […]

Mar, 18

Human Cargo *** (1936, Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy, Alan Dinehart, Ralph Morgan, Rita Hayworth) – Classic Movie Review 11,031

‘A PAGE TORN FROM THE FILES OF THE SECRET SERVICE!’ Director Allan Dwan’s 1936 20th Century Fox black and white action crime drama Human Cargo is based on the novel I Will Be Faithful by Kathleen […]

Mar, 18

Hop-a-Long Cassidy *** (1935, William Boyd, James Ellison, Paula Stone) – Classic Movie Review 11,030

‘Tough luck for cattle rustling hombres when these three bronco busting buckaroos get after them… a yarn with a kick like a loco steer…’ Director Howard Bretherton’s 1935 B-Western double feature film Hop-a-Long Cassidy [Hopalong […]

Mar, 18

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