Derek Winnert

Robbery Under Arms *** (1957, Peter Finch, David McCallum, Ronald Lewis, Laurence Naismith) – 5793

Director Jack Lee’s 1957 Rank Organisation historical action adventure stars London-born Peter Finch, who returns to Australia, where he was brought up after the age of 10, to play, dashingly and appealingly, the notorious Captain Starlight, […]

Jul, 19 · in Reviews

To Rome with Love *** (2012, Woody Allen, Penélope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page, Roberto Benigni, Alec Baldwin, Greta Gerwig, Judy Davis) – Classic Movie Review 5791

Writer-director Woody Allen’s trip to Rome produces a very odd and very silly, though weirdly likeable and sometimes very amusing, multi-stranded romantic comedy. It gives the impression of being dashed off in a hurry to […]

Jul, 19 · in Reviews

The One That Got Away **** (1957, Hardy Kruger, Michael Goodliffe, Terence Alexander, Colin Gordon, Alec McCowen) – Classic Movie Review 5790

Director Roy Ward Baker’s exciting 1957 British wartime adventure film The One That Got Away stars Berlin-born Hardy Kruger, who came to Britain to play Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the real-life German wartime pilot shot […]

Jul, 19

The Colditz Story **** (1954, John Mills, Eric Portman, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael, Richard Wattis) – Classic Movie Review 5789

Co-writer/ director Guy Hamilton’s persuasive, meticulously crafted 1954 World War Two saga of British prisoner-of-war existence in the German Medieval castle of Colditz is based on the book by Pat Reid. It effectively mixes tense […]

Jul, 19

In the Soup **** (1992, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Beals, Seymour Cassel, Will Patton, Stanley Tucci) – Classic Movie Review 5788

Co-writer/ director Alexandre Rockwell’s stylish, clever and appealingly idiosyncratic 1992 low-budget film is beautifully shot by Phil Parmet in black and white, with a funny script by Rockwell and Tim Kissell, and superb comic performances, […]

Jul, 18

Mistress ** (1992, Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Danny Aiello, Robert De Niro, Eli Wallach) – Classic Movie Review 5787

Robert Wuhl stars as Marvin Landisman, a screenwriter-director whose old movie script is liked by a producer, Jack Roth (Martin Landau). But every potential financial backer (Danny Aiello, Robert De Niro and Eli Wallach) has a […]

Jul, 18

Laughing Sinners *** (1931, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Neil Hamilton, Marjorie Rambeau, Guy Kibbee) – Classic Movie Review 5785

Director Harry Beaumont’s creaky but swift-moving and entertaining 1931 MGM vintage romantic melodrama re-teams Joan Crawford and Clark Gable after Dance, Fools, Dance (1931). Salesman Howard ‘Howdy’ Palmer (Neil Hamilton) drops his bar singer girlfriend […]

Jul, 18

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