Derek Winnert

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Thursday’s Child **½ (1943, Sally Ann Howes, Wilfrid Lawson, Kathleen O’Regan, Stewart Granger) – Classic Movie Review 10,903

Director Rodney Ackland’s 1943 Thursday’s Child is a pleasant, well-made if slight little suburban family drama that has plenty of charm and appeal, though British distributors of the day neglected it. Sally Ann Howes stars […]

Feb, 11

Starcrash *** (1978, Caroline Munro, Christopher Plummer, Marjoe Gortner, David Hasselhoff, Joe Spinell, Robert Tessier, Nadia Cassini ) – Classic Movie Review 10,891

Though filmed in Rome, and directed and co-written by Italian filmmaker Luigi Cozzi [aka Lewis Coates], the entertaining space opera film Starcrash (1978) is an American production produced independently by brothers Nat and Patrick Wachsburger. […]

Feb, 07

Company Business * (1991, Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith) – Classic Movie Review 10,890

Director Nicholas Meyer’s 1991 Company Business is a disappointing, tedious espionage comedy thriller with Gene Hackman as Rogue CIA agent Sam Boyd, a former CIA Company man called back to bring jailed Soviet spy Pyiotr […]

Feb, 07

It’s That Man Again *** (1943, Tommy Handley, Greta Gynt, Jack Train) – Classic Movie Review 10,889

Director Walter Forde’s cheerful 1943 British black and white wartime comedy It’s That Man Again is the film of the anarchic radio show by Ted Kavanagh, and stars Tommy Handley, Jack Train and Greta Gynt. […]

Feb, 07

Still of the Night *** (1982, Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy) – Classic Movie Review 10,887

Writer-director Robert Benton’s sophisticated but old-fashioned 1982 Still of the Night, his follow-on from his 1979 big hit Kramer vs Kramer, reunites him with Meryl Streep for a surprisingly run-of-the-mill Hitchcockian suspense thriller. But, though […]

Feb, 06

A Slight Case of Murder **** (1938, Edward G Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Willard Parker, Ruth Donnelly, John Litel) – Classic Movie Review 10,886

Warner Bros’ inventive and witty 1938 vintage black and white crime comedy film A Slight Case of Murder is great fun, with ideally cast Edward G Robinson on top comic form sending up the usual […]

Feb, 06

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman ***** (1974, Cicely Tyson, Michael Murphy, Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Odetta) – Classic Movie Review 10,860

Director John Korty’s triumphant 1974 TV movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, based on the novel by Ernest J Gaines, is classic television. Cicely Tyson stars in the lead role as Jane Pittman, along […]

Jan, 31

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