Derek Winnert

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Two a Penny * (1967, Cliff Richard, Dora Bryan, Avril Angers, Ann Holloway) – Classic Movie Review 10,429

Director James F Collier’s 1967 crusading drama Two a Penny is a well-meaning but simple-minded religious fable that arose through pop star Cliff Richard’s meeting with Billy Graham through Christian evangelism. Making an improbable job […]

Oct, 17

Finders Keepers ** (1966, Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, Peggy Mount, Viviane Ventura, Graham Stark, The Shadows, John le Mesurier) – Classic Movie Review 10,428

‘The beat is the wildest! The blast is the craziest!… and the fun is where you find it!’ Director Sidney Hayers’s 1966 Finders Keepers stars Cliff Richard, who is helped out by experienced Morley (who […]

Oct, 17

La Cage aux Folles II *** (1980, Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Marcel Bozzuffi) – Classic Movie Review 10,425

Director Edouard Molinaro’s 1980 comedy sequel La Cage aux Folles II finds that part two unexpectedly answers the awkward questions arising from the 1978 part one, La Cage aux Folles, as Michel Serrault and Ugo […]

Oct, 16

La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding * (1985, Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Antonella Interlenghi) – Classic Movie Review 10,426

Director Georges Lautner’s 1985 comedy second sequel La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding [La cage aux folles III: ‘Elles’ se marient] is third time unlucky for the gay duo, in which drag queen Albin […]

Oct, 16

Partners * (1982, Ryan O’Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan) – Classic Movie Review 10,424

The 1982 crime comedy Partners is a disappointing, wrong-headed comedy-drama from American TV’s sitcomic mastermind James Burrows in his bewildering film début. John Hurt and Ryan O’Neal play an odd couple as LA cops probing […]

Oct, 16

The Passage (1979, Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Lee, Patricia Neal, Kay Lenz, Michael Lonsdale) – Classic Movie Review 10,422

Director J Lee Thompson’s 1979 The Passage is a poor, nasty and depressingly violent World War Two action adventure film, wasting the impressive talents of Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Lee, Patricia Neal, […]

Oct, 15

Pascali’s Island **** (1988, Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Helen Mirren) – Classic Movie Review 10,421

Director James Dearden’s 1988 British period spy drama Pascali’s Island is based on the novel by Barry Unsworth and is a most satisfying tale of love and spies set on a Greek island just before […]

Oct, 15

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