Derek Winnert

Sunset **** (1988, Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell) – Classic Movie Review 6538

Writer-director Blake Edwards teasingly says at the end of his fanciful 1988 comedy crime, mystery thriller movie: ‘And this is how it really happened. Give or take a lie or two.’ The story starts with the […]

Jan, 09 · in Reviews

The Americanization of Emily *** (1964, Julie Andrews, James Garner, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Liz Fraser, Joyce Grenfell, Edward Binns, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 6537

Julie Andrews and James Garner shine in director Arthur Hiller’s amusing 1964 dark-toned sex comedy, set in the UK during the build-up to D-Day in 1944. It was nominated for two Oscars. Julie Andrews plays […]

Jan, 08 · in Reviews

The Thrill of It All *** (1963, Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Reginald Owen, Zasu Pitts) – Classic Movie Review 6,536

Doris Day and James Garner are attractively paired as the housewife star of TV adverts and the obstetrician husband she overlooks, in Norman Jewison’s funny 1963 romcom and media send-up The Thrill of It All. […]

Jan, 08

Support Your Local Gunfighter *** (1971, James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Joan Blondell, Jack Elam, Chuck Connors, Harry Morgan, John Dehner, Henry Jones, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 6535

‘The story of a man who took the law into his own finger!’ James Garner’s smooth rogue conman hero Latigo Smith is mistaken for a well-known hired gunman when he stops off at a small […]

Jan, 08

Renegades *** (2017, J K Simmons, Charlie Bewley, Sullivan Stapleton, Ewen Bremner, Sylvia Hoeks, Joshua Henry) – Movie Review

Director Steven Quale’s 2017 Renegades is good old-style action adventure, surprisingly enjoyable, and greatly enlivened with J K Simmons’s sarcastic turn as the Admiral, the US Navy SEALs boss. It is a real Boys’ Own adventure and I’d […]

Jan, 08

Support Your Local Sheriff! **** (1969, James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan, Bruce Dern, Henry Jones) – Classic Movie Review 6534

Director Burt Kennedy’s 1969 Western spoof is appealing, affectionate and funny. It provides a spot-on tailor-made role for James Garner as Jason McCullough, the stranger who rides into a gold-rush town and is immediately made […]

Jan, 07

Grand Prix **** (1966, James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune) – Classic Movie Review 6533

Director John Frankenheimer’s 1966 car race soap opera movie is extremely lively and good-looking, and meticulously crafted, ending up with three Oscars.  ‘Glamour! Speed! Spectacle!’ – yes that’s what we’ve got here. James Garner, Brian Bedford, […]

Jan, 07

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