Derek Winnert

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Tove **** (2020, Alma Pöysti, Krista Kosonen, Shanti Roney, Joanna Haartti, Kajsa Ernst, Robert Enckell, Eeva Putro) – Movie Review

Alma Pöysti stars in director Zaida Bergroth’s biographical drama Tove (2020) as Finnish painter Tove Jansson, in a tale of the artist’s complicated personal relationships and creation of the incredibly popular Moomin comic strips and books. […]

Mar, 23

The Lady Craved Excitement ** (1950, Hy Hazell, Michael Medwin, Sidney James, Thelma Grigg, Andrew Keir, Danny Green) – Classic Movie Review 11,036

Director Francis Searle’s 1950 British low-budget black and white Hammer Films production The Lady Craved Excitement is a fairly ordinary, though not too dull Fifties British B-movie comedy mystery thriller, in which the irrepressibly bubbly, […]

Mar, 22

Hoppy Serves a Writ ** (1943, William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Victor Jory, George Reeves, Robert Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 11,028

‘Hoppy routs renegades.’ Director George Archainbaud’s 1943 B-Western double feature film Hoppy Serves a Writ is based on the popular characters created by Clarence E Mulford, and stars William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, Andy Clyde […]

Mar, 17

Border Patrol ** (1943, William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Russell Simpson, Robert Mitchum, George Reeves, Duncan Renaldo) – Classic Movie Review 11,027

‘”Hoppy” STRADDLES THE BORDER AS BULLETS FLY!’ Director Lesley Selander’s 1943 B-Western double feature film Border Patrol is based on the popular characters created by Clarence E Mulford, and stars William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, […]

Mar, 16

Machine-Gun Kelly *** (1958, Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey Amsterdam) – Classic Movie Review 11,023

‘Without His Gun He Was Naked Yellow!’ Director Roger Corman’s excellent low-budget 1958 black and white film noir gangster crime thriller Machine-Gun Kelly chronicles the criminal activities of the real-life George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly. It […]

Mar, 14

What’s Good for the Goose * (1969, Norman Wisdom, Sally Geeson, Sarah Atkinson) – Classic Movie Review 11,021

‘Yesterday’s lover makes today’s scene…’ Director Menahem Golan’s 1969 British comedy What’s Good for the Goose is co-written by him, based on his story, and stars Norman Wisdom and Sally Geeson. It is made by […]

Mar, 14

Big Momma’s House 2 (2006, Martin Lawrence, Emily Procter, Nia Long) – Classic Movie Review 10,990

Director John Whitesell’s farcical 2006 crime comedy Big Momma’s House 2 stars Martin Lawrence, who coasts smugly as FBI agent Malcolm Turner, forced again to disguise himself as a fat zany grandma, taking work undercover […]

Mar, 05

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