Derek Winnert

Meurtres [Three Sinners] **** (1950, Fernandel, Mireille Perrey, Jacques Varennes, Colette Mareuil, Jeanne Moreau) – Classic Movie Review 5836

Fernandel stars as a simple, good-natured French countryman, Noël Annequin, who wants to report to the police that he has poisoned his incurably ill, beloved wife, whom he cannot bear to see suffer any more, […]

Jul, 31 · in Reviews

The Diary of a Chambermaid [Le Journal d’une Femme de Chambre] ***** (1964, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Piccoli, Georges Géret, Daniel Ivernel) – Classic Movie Review 5835

Director Luis Buñuel’s 1964 reworking of Jean Renoir’s 1946 Hollywood film of The Diary of a Chambermaid hones the social analysis, blackens the tone, sharpens the script and updates the action to the Thirties for […]

Jul, 31 · in Uncategorized

La vieille qui marchait dans la mer [The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea] **** (1991, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Serrault, Luc Thuillier) – Classic Movie Review 5834

The old woman who walked in the sea at Guadeloupe is played by Jeanne Moreau, come there, along with her faithful companion Pompilius (Michel Serrault), to cure her arthritis and blackmail a businessman. Lady M’s […]

Jul, 31

Viva Maria! **** (1965, Jeanne Moreau, Brigitte Bardot, George Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 5,833

Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau star as two women named Maria who meet and become revolutionaries in the early 20th century, in Louis Malle’s 1965 French adventure comedy film Viva Maria! The surprisingly but delightfully paired French icon megastars […]

Jul, 31

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets *** (2017, Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen) – Movie Review

There’s no doubt about it, Luc Besson’s sci-fi movie, based on Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières’s comic book series Valerian and Laureline, is one heck of a great-looking film, totally visually awesome with its amazing sets, costumes, make-up and […]

Jul, 30

The Wall ** (2017, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakli) – Movie Review

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and WWE wrestler John Cena star as American soldiers trapped by, and at the sadistic mercy of, a unseen a lethal Iraqi sniper (voice of Laith Nakli) in director Doug Liman’s sweatily intense, […]

Jul, 30

Girls Trip *** (2017, Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish) – Movie Review

Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Tiffany Haddish star as lifelong friends who re-form their old sisterhood crew and go to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival. A Girls Trip to the wild […]

Jul, 30

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