Derek Winnert

Rain *** (1932, Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, William Gargan) – Classic Movie Review 5339

The two richly enjoyable. extravagant star performances of Joan Crawford and Walter Huston are the main recommendation for Lewis Milestone’s 1932 quick remake for the Somerset Maugham short story Miss Thompson (later retitled Rain), a silent […]

Apr, 23 · in Uncategorized

Trading Places ***** (1983, Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis) – Movie Review 5340

Director John Landis’s 1983 delightful movie is a wonderful old-style comedy with rousing star-making performances from Dan Aykroyd as Louis Winthorpe III, a rich, snobbish, well-bred American investor executive and Eddie Murphy as a poor, […]

Apr, 23 · in Uncategorized

Race with the Devil *** (1975, Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker) – Classic Movie Review 5,338

Race with the Devil tracks vacationers Roger and Frank (Peter Fonda and Warren Oates) who take their wives Kelly (Lara Parker) and Alice (Loretta Swit) in an RV on an ill-fated jaunt to Texas, where […]

Apr, 23

The Quiet American ** (1958, Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Giorgia Moll, Claude Dauphin) – Classic Movie Review 5337

Writer-producer-director Joseph Mankiewicz’s 1958 movie uses half of Graham Greene’s distinguished bestselling novel, and then turns it into a love triangle story and murder-thriller, with lots of dialogue, pro-American stance and a Communist-bashing ending tailored […]

Apr, 23

Quicksand: No Escape *** (1992, Donald Sutherland, Tim Matheson, Jay Acovone, Felicity Huffman) – Classic Movie Review 5336

The always-admirable Donald Sutherland grabs an ideal opportunity to show his worth as a corrupt private eye in director Michael Pressman’s tense, clever 1992 offbeat thriller. Sutherland’s character Murdoch gets into blackmail after he is […]

Apr, 23

Quest for Fire **** (1981, Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Rae Dawn Chong) – Classic Movie Review 5335

Director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s bizarre and ambitious 1981 prehistoric times historical adventure epic is impossible to classify and often impenetrable. Never the less, as an attempt to recreate a savage, dawning world, it is mighty impressive. […]

Apr, 23

The Bear *** (1988, Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe) – Classic Movie Review 5334

Director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s 1988 adventure is the beautifully filmed, heartwarming tale of orphaned baby bear cub Douce (played by Youk the Bear), a happy little grizzly who scampers round the British Columbian mountains in the […]

Apr, 23

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