Derek Winnert

Reviews

The Lady Is a Square * (1959, Anna Neagle, Frankie Vaughan, Janette Scott, Anthony Newley, Wilfrid Hyde White) – Classic Movie Review 10,931

‘Frankie Sings 5 Songs… & Dances!’ Co-producer/ director Herbert Wilcox’s 1959 black and white British comedy musical romance The Lady Is a Square stars his 55-year-old wife Anna Neagle along with Frankie Vaughan, Anthony Newley, Janette […]

Feb, 17

The Lady in Red *** (1979, Pamela Sue Martin, Robert Conrad, Louise Fletcher) – Classic Movie Review 10,930

‘Her father said she was a tramp. Her customers said she was fantastic.’ Director Lewis Teague’s 1979 film The Lady in Red [Guns, Sin and Bathtub Gin] is a good, cultish low-budget ($400,000) action crime […]

Feb, 17

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun *** (1970, Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, Stéphane Audran, John McEnery) – Classic Movie Review 10,929

The enjoyable 1970 French psychological thriller film The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun stars Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, Stéphane Audran and John McEnery. A body turns up in the trunk of […]

Feb, 17

Maria Chapdelaine *** (1934, Madeleine Renaud, Jean Gabin, Suzanne Desprès, Gaby Triquet) – Classic Movie Review 10,928

Director Julien Duvivier’s 1934 classic romance Maria Chapdelaine [The Naked Heart] is based on the classic French-Canadian novel by Louis Hémon, and stars Madeleine Renaud and Jean Gabin. It is a compelling love story set […]

Feb, 17

The Lady in Question *** (1940, Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Irene Rich, Evelyn Keyes) – Classic Movie Review 10,927

The amusing 1940 American black and white comedy drama film The Lady in Question, starring Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford, is a remake of the 1937 French film classic Gribouille. Director Charles Vidor’s […]

Feb, 16

Gribouille [Heart of Paris] **** (1937, Raimu, Michèle Morgan, Gilbert Gil, Jeanne Provost, Julien Carette, Jean Worms, Andrex) – Classic Movie Review 10,925

Marc Allégret’s 1937 film Gribouille [Heart of Paris] is a minor classic from the French golden age, with Raimu starring as Camille Morestan, the juror who takes pity on a woe-begone innocent acquitted of murder. […]

Feb, 16

Thursday *** (1998, Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova, Paula Marshall, Mickey Rourke, James Le Gros) – Classic Movie Review 10,924

Writer-director Skip Woods’s 1998 action comedy crime film Thursday is a nasty, dark but exciting Tarantino-style crime thriller. Thomas Jane stars as Casey Wells, a reformed LA drug dealer, who has started a new life as […]

Feb, 16

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