Derek Winnert

Reviews

Sodom *** (2017, Jo Weil, Pip Brignall) – Classic Movie Review 12,625

Pip Brignall stars as 20-year-old supposedly straight English footballer Will enjoying his stag-do in Berlin when, handcuffed naked to a lamppost, he is rescued by handsome German older guy Michael (Jo Weil). Writer/ director Mark […]

Aug, 25

High Voltage ** (1929, William Boyd, Diane Ellis, Owen Moore, Carole Lombard, Phillips Smalley, and Billy Bevan) – Classic Movie Review 12,624

Carole Lombard co-stars in her talkie feature-length debut, in the 1929 American pre-Code drama film High Voltage. It stars William Boyd. Carole Lombard co-stars in her talkie feature-length debut, billed as Carol Lombard, in director […]

Aug, 23

Fast Company ** (1953, Howard Keel, Polly Bergen, Nina Foch, Marjorie Main) – Classic Movie Review 12,623

MGM’s American black and white 1953 comedy film Fast Company stars Howard Keel, Polly Bergen, Nina Foch, and Marjorie Main. Well meaning and pleasant, but too mild and modest, it flopped at the box office.  […]

Aug, 22

Fast and Loose *** (1939, Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Morgan, Reginald Owen) – Classic Movie Review 12,620

MGM’s frothy and fun 1939 black and white comedy thriller film Fast and Loose stars Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell as married sleuths.  Director Edwin L Marin’s frothy and fun 1939 MGM black and white […]

Aug, 21

Chris & Don: A Love Story *** (2007, Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy) – Classic Movie Review 12,617

Chris & Don: A Love Story is an insightful and poignant 2007 documentary film chronicling the lifelong relationship between author Christopher Isherwood and his younger lover, artist Don Bachardy. Chris & Don: A Love Story […]

Aug, 20

It Pays to Advertise *** (1931, Norman Foster, Carole Lombard, Skeets Gallagher, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 12,616

Director Frank Tuttle’s engagingly entertaining 1931 American pre-Code Paramount Pictures black and white satirical comedy drama film It Pays to Advertise stars Norman Foster and Carole Lombard. Carole Lombard plays Mary Grayson, who teaches her […]

Aug, 20

From Hell to Heaven *** (1933, Carole Lombard, Jack Oakie, Sidney Blackmer, Adrienne Ames, David Manners) – Classic Movie Review 12,615

The 1933 ensemble drama film From Hell to Heaven is Paramount’s answer to Grand Hotel, set at a racetrack hotel where Colly Tanner (Carole Lombard) bets her virtue on a nag. ‘PANORAMIC DRAMA OF HUMAN GREED […]

Aug, 19

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