Derek Winnert

Fog over Frisco *** (1934, Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot) – Classic Movie Review 6467

Director William Dieterle’s 1934 Warner Bros movie Fog over Frisco stars Bette Davis, as the pert, blonde Arlene Bradford, the high society bad girl, who has appeared in the gossip columns as a tarnished lady […]

Dec, 24 · in Reviews

Another Woman **** (1988, Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, Blythe Danner, Gene Hackman, Betty Buckley, John Houseman, Sandy Dennis, David Ogden Stiers, Philip Bosco, Harris Yulin) – Classic Movie Review 6,466

Gena Rowlands is superb as a middle-aged college professor reassessing her life, in Woody Allen’s 1988 serious relationships drama film Another Woman. Writer-director Woody Allen’s 1988 serious relationships drama film Another Woman stars Gena Rowlands who […]

Dec, 24 · in Uncategorized

Bachelor Mother **** (1939, Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, E E Clive) – Classic Movie Review 6465

Director Garson Kanin’s beguiling 1939 comedy stars Ginger Rogers as the shopgirl Polly Parrish and David Niven as David Merlin, the son of the department store owner (Charles Coburn). The two are assumed to be […]

Dec, 24

La guerre des boutons [War of the Buttons] *** (1962, André Treton, Michel Isella, Jacques Dufilho, Yvette Etiévant, Michel Galabru) – Classic Movie Review 6464

Boys from rival French villages wage war on each other, led by André Treton and Michel Isella, cutting off their prisoner’s buttons and belts. Director Yves Robert’s 1962 French film is an engagingly acted comedy […]

Dec, 24

War of the Buttons *** (1994, Gregg Fitzgerald, John Coffey, Paul Batt) – Classic Movie Review 6463

Director John Roberts’s 1994 family friendly comedy movie is an Irish-set remake of Yves Robert’s 1962 French film La guerre des boutons [War of the Buttons]. This time it is the boys of neighbouring sleepy villages […]

Dec, 24

National Lampoon’s European Vacation ** (1985, Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Dana Hill) – Classic Movie Review 6,462

Chevvy Chase re-creates his vastly popular star role as Clark Griswold in the wild, daft 1985 comedy sequel film National Lampoon’s European Vacation. The always likeable, perennially grinning Chevvy Chase re-creates his wildly popular star […]

Dec, 24

The Duellists **** (1977, Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Tom Conti, Robert Stephens, John McEnery, Diana Quick) – Classic Movie Review 6461

Director Ridley Scott’s 1977 debut British feature film is an eye-catching version of Joseph Conrad’s story The Duel about two French Napoleonic officers (Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel) who engage in epic feuding in a bizarre […]

Dec, 23

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