Derek Winnert

The Likely Lads *** (1976, Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth, Mary Tamm, Sheila Fearn, Zena Walker) – Classic Movie Review 6323

James Bolam and Rodney Bewes star in director Michael Tuchner’s amiable 1976 comedy spin-off from their sequel British TV show Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (January 1973 to April 1974) – though it has the title of […]

Nov, 27 · in Reviews

Billy Liar ***** (1963, Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne, Ethel Griffies, Finlay Currie, Rodney Bewes, Leonard Rossiter) – Classic Movie Review 6,330

John Schlesinger’s 1963 British New Wave film Billy Liar blends kitchen-sink drama, satirical humour and fantasy to brilliant effect. Tom Courtenay is superb as the undertaker’s clerk who lives in a world of dreams, while […]

Nov, 27 · in Reviews

Spring and Port Wine **** (1970, James Mason, Diana Coupland, Susan George, Rodney Bewes, Hannah Gordon, Adrienne Posta, Arthur Lowe) – Classic Movie Review 6,322

The 1970 British kitchen sink drama film Spring and Port Wine is based on a hit stage play by Bill Naughton, and provides a grand role for James Mason as a North West England father who attempts to assert his […]

Nov, 27

Slaughterhouse-Five *** (1972, Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Valerie Perrine, Sorrell Booke, John Dehner, Perry King) – Classic Movie Review 6321

Director George Roy Hill bites off more than he can chew in this 1972 movie of another of Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s virtually unfilmable fantasy novels – Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children’s Crusade – adapted by screen-writer […]

Nov, 27

Don’t Make Waves ** (1967, Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Sharon Tate, Robert Webber, Joanna Barnes, David Draper, Jim Backus, Mort Sahl, Edgar Bergen) – Classic Movie Review 6320

‘What the Italians do with a bed… the Americans do with a beach!’ This 1967 beach farce Don’t Make Waves sure looks good on paper. The director (Alexander Mackendrick) and star (Tony Curtis) of the 1957 […]

Nov, 26

The Wrecking Crew *** (1968, Dean Martin, Elke Sommer, Sharon Tate, Nancy Kwan, Nigel Green, Tina Louise) – Classic Movie Review 6319

‘Matt Helm’s final assignment is a blast!’ Don’t you just love taglines that review the film? Why have film critics when you can have ad men? Director Phil Karlson’s 1968 spy caper adventure movie The […]

Nov, 26

Sex Kittens Go to College ** (1960, Mamie Van Doren, Tuesday Weld, Mijanou Bardot, Mickey Shaughnessy, Louis Nye, Pamela Mason, Martin Milner) – Classic Movie Review 6318

‘You Never SAW A Student Body Like This!’ Ah hem, yes. Director Albert Zugsmith’s demented 1960 American exploitation sex comedy film Sex Kittens Go to College stars the memorable Mamie Van Doren as Doctor Mathilda […]

Nov, 26

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