Derek Winnert

The Stupids ** (1996, Tom Arnold, Jessica Lundy, Bug Hall, Alex McKenna) – Classic Movie Review 6648

The title The Stupids gives cause for great fear, but this 1996 movie turns out to be a surprisingly tolerable comic-book comedy, with a genial and funny star turn by Tom Arnold as Stanley Stupid, […]

Feb, 04 · in Reviews

The Little Rascals (1994, Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes) – Classic Movie Review 6647

Co-writer/ director Penelope Spheeris ghastly 1994 remake of Hal Roach’s 1930s short-film comedy series is like a slap in the face, in which Alfalfa (Bug Hall) falls for a girl – Darla (Brittany Ashton Holmes) – […]

Feb, 04 · in Reviews

La prisonnière [Woman in Chains] *** (1968, Élisabeth Wiener, Bernard Fresson, Laurent Terzieff) – Classic Movie Review 6646

Writer-director Henri-Georges Clouzot’s stylish last film is his only one in colour. An unclassifiable erotic and psychological thriller, it focuses on the troubled mentality of an attractive young a television editor called Josée (Élisabeth Wiener) who […]

Feb, 03

Mommie Dearest **** (1981, Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva, Jocelyn Brando) – Classic Movie Review 6645

‘Don’t f**k with me fellas. This ain’t my first time at the rodeo.’ – Joan Crawford. Co-writer/ director Frank Perry’s 1981 biopic of Joan Crawford is deliriously kitsch and trashy ultra-extravagant entertainment, now established as […]

Feb, 03

Momma Don’t Allow **** (1956, documentary) – Classic Movie Review 6644

Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson co-direct the classic short British documentary film Momma Don’t Allow about a night at the Wood Green Jazz Club in north London, shot in black and white on 16mm film […]

Feb, 03

Roman J Israel, Esq *** (2017, Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo) – Movie Review 

Oscar nominated Denzel Washington gives a slightly fussy, rather florid performance as autistic savant idealistic defense attorney Roman J Israel, Esq in writer-director Dan Gilroy’s low-key, slow-moving personal existential crisis drama. Roman has Asperger syndrome, a developmental […]

Feb, 03

The 13th Letter *** (1951, Linda Darnell, Charles Boyer, Michael Rennie, Constance Smith, Françoise Rosay) – Classic Movie Review 6643

What Otto Preminger’s 1951 film noir mystery thriller The 13th Letter lacks in subtlety, it makes up for in style.  What producer-director Otto Preminger’s 1951 film noir mystery thriller remake of Henri-Georges Clouseau’s 1943 French […]

Feb, 02

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