Derek Winnert

The Ciambra [A Ciambra] **** (2017, Pio Amato, Koudous Seihon, Damiano Amato) – Movie Review

Writer-director Jonas Carpignano’s gritty, penetrating film of the painful coming of age from adolescence to adulthood, set in a small Romani community in Calabria, is really intense and immersive. The Ciambra [A Ciambra] (2017) tells […]

Jun, 13 · in Uncategorized

The Rider **** (2017, Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau) – Movie Review

A heart-breakingly warm, empathetic people drama, about a head injured young rodeo cowboy and his horses, about a battle against the odds. The Rider (2017) is an incredibly warm, empathetic people drama, about a boy […]

Jun, 12 · in Uncategorized

Come and Get It **** (1936, Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan) – Classic Movie Review 7159

Walter Brennan came and got the very first ever Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role in directors Howard Hawks and William Wyler’s 1936 movie based on Edna Ferber’s famous novel of love and […]

Jun, 12

Kentucky *** (1938, Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan) – Classic Movie Review 7158

Director David Butler’s 1938 Kentucky is simple, clean-cut romantic and sporting drama, but it is still quite good vintage entertainment. There is rivalry at the Kentucky horse-racing farms in this soapy but amusing story of […]

Jun, 12

The Pride of the Yankees **** (1942, Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea) – Classic Movie Review 7157

Director Sam Wood’s 1942 biographical drama The Pride of the Yankees stars an ideally cast Gary Cooper, in one of his most fondly remembered roles, who has no trouble at all stirring up the emotions […]

Jun, 12

The Cowboy and the Lady *** (1938, Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Fuzzy Knight, Henry Kolker, Harry Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 7156

Merle Oberon stars as politician’s daughter Mary Smith, a scatty, lonely socialite who masquerades as a maid and falls for lean, outspoken rodeo rider Stretch (Gary Cooper), unaware of her identity, in director H C Potter’s light-hearted, featherweight […]

Jun, 12

Westward Ho, the Wagons! *** (1956, Fess Parker, Kathleen Crowley, Jeff York) – Classic Movie Review 7155

Director William Beaudine’s 1956 Westward Ho, the Wagons! is a Walt Disney Wild West adventure for family consumption that lacks both the kind of vim and grit we expect from Westerns but it is entirely […]

Jun, 11

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