Derek Winnert

Neighbors * (1981, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cathy Moriarty, Kathryn Walker) – Classic Movie Review 6475

The Blues Brothers stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd team up again for director John G Avildsen’s surprisingly feebly written (by the talented screenplay writer Larry Gelbart) 1981 movie tale of suburban discord and the […]

Dec, 27 · in Uncategorized

Duet for One ** (1986, Julie Andrews, Alan Bates, Max von Sydow, Rupert Everett, Liam Neeson) – Classic Movie Review 6473

Tom Kempinski’s hit play about the violinist struck down by multiple sclerosis makes only a half-successful film in 1986. The half success is the story itself and Julie Andrews’s surprisingly acute performance in the main […]

Dec, 26 · in Uncategorized

Kings of the Sun ** (1963, Yul Brynner, George Chakiris, Shirley Anne Field) – Classic Movie Review 6472

Unfortunately, Elliott Arnold and James R Webb’s screenplay stretches credibility to the hilt and beyond in director J Lee Thompson’s elaborate 1963 historical drama about the ancient Mayan civilisation, in which Yul Brynner strikes beefcake poses […]

Dec, 26

The Yellow Rolls-Royce *** (1964, Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Jeanne Moreau, Shirley MacLaine, George C Scott, Alain Delon, Omar Sharif) – Classic Movie Review 6471

Director Anthony Asquith’s super-sleek, plush, purring but featherweight 1964 portmanteau movie (anthology film) The Yellow Rolls-Royce follows the fortunes of three different owners of this Phantom II yellow Rolls-Royce from the Twenties to the Forties. […]

Dec, 25

War and Peace *** (1956, Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Herbert Lom, John Mills, Vittorio Gassman, Oscar Homolka, Wilfrid Lawson) – Classic Movie Review 6470

Audrey Hepburn makes an incandescent Natasha Rostova and an oddly cast Henry Fonda an intelligent Pierre Bezukhov in director King Vidor’s epic 1956 film version of Leo Tolstoy’s novel about a Russian family’s adventures at […]

Dec, 25

Baby the Rain Must Fall * (1965, Steve McQueen, Lee Remick, Don Murray) – Classic Movie Review 6,469

Robert Mulligan’s 1965 film Baby the Rain Must Fall is a wet relationships drama starring Lee Remick, Steve McQueen and Don Murray. It is written by Horton Foote from his flop stage play. ‘Don’t call […]

Dec, 25

Payment on Demand *** (1951, Bette Davis, Barry Sullivan, Jane Cowl, Kent Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 6468

‘He strayed and he paid… She saw to that!’ Director Curtis Bernhardt’s 1951 divorce drama stars Bette Davis, who is on her best form as a woman who is rich, over-ambitious and facing a divorce […]

Dec, 24

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