Derek Winnert

The Gilded Lily *** (1935, Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, C Aubrey Smith) – Classic Movie Review 5475

Claudette Colbert stars in writer/ director Wesley Ruggles’s amusing 1935 American screwball romantic comedy film The Gilded Lily as Marilyn David, a New York stenographer/ typist who dithers romantically. She is unable to make up […]

May, 18 · in Reviews

Society *** (1989, Billy Warlock, Devin Devasquez, Evan Richards, Ben Meyerson) – Classic Movie Review 5471

Director Brian Yuzna’s 100-minute 1989 cult black comedy cult body horror film is designed around a gross-out 10-minute, special makeup effects extravaganza climax, which attempts to make some sort of comment about the wealthy feeding […]

May, 18 · in Reviews

Straight Time **** (1978, Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, M Emmet Walsh, Harry Dean Stanton, Kathy Bates) – Classic Movie Review 5,470

The 1978 crime drama film Straight Time is a downbeat but still gripping movie. Dustin Hoffman commands the screen as Max Dembo, a seedy ex-con released on parole but dragged back into a life of […]

May, 18

The Secret Scripture *** (2016, Vanessa Redgrave, Rooney Mara, Theo James, Jack Reynor, Eric Bana, Adrian Dunbar, Susan Lynch) – Movie Review

The Secret Scripture is a bit manipulative and melodramatic, but still enjoyable. It is very romantic and glossy, with sweet performances from a very classy cast. Vanessa Redgrave and Rooney Mara star as the older […]

May, 18

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword * (2017, Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey) – Movie Review

Jude Law’s evil Lord Vortigen kills young Arthur’s mum and dad (Eric Bana) and takes over as King. Arthur grows up to be Charlie Hunnam, aka Charlie Hunkam (cue gratuitous naked chest scene), whose aims are (1) survival (well […]

May, 17

Whatever It Takes *** (2000, Shane West, Marla Sokoloff, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, James Franco) – Classic Movie Review 5469

Director David Raynr’s cute 2000 teen romantic comedy proves oddly funny and genial. This surprisingly entertaining modern take on Cyrano de Bergerac / Roxanne is a better-than-expected teen romantic comedy, with an amiable tone, bright […]

May, 17

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? *** (1999, Tom Courtenay, Michael Legge, Laura Fraser, Stephen Fry, Lulu, David Thewlis, Mark Williams) – Classic Movie Review 5468

A lowly solicitor’s clerk called Vince Smith (Michael Legge), a disco devotee who is mad about John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever (1977), finds his quirky family comes between him and his true love as he […]

May, 17

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