Derek Winnert

Jupiter’s Darling *** (1954, Esther Williams, Howard Keel, George Sanders, Marge Champion, Gower Champion) – Classic Movie Review 5140

‘In 216 BC, Hannibal the Barbarian marched on Rome. The history of this great march has always been confused. This picture will do nothing to clear it up.’ High-spirited Esther Williams and Howard Keel are […]

Mar, 11 · in Reviews

The Magic Box **** (1951, Robert Donat, Margaret Johnston, Laurence Olivier, Maria Schell, Renée Asherson, Robert Beatty, Richard Attenborough) – Classic Movie Review 5139

Robert Donat stars as William Friese-Greene, the overlooked British cinema trailblazer, who races against world competitors to invent moving pictures in director John Boulting’s magical British 1951 all-star celebration for the Festival of Britain. Written […]

Mar, 11 · in Reviews

The Rocking Horse Winner ***½ (1949, John Mills, Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire, Hugh Sinclair) – Classic Movie Review 5138

The  1949 fantasy film The Rocking Horse Winner adapts a D H Lawrence short story about a young boy who can accurately pick winners in horse races. It stars John Mills, who also produces, Valerie Hobson, John […]

Mar, 11

Roman Scandals **** (1933, Eddie Cantor, Gloria Stuart, Ruth Etting, Edward Arnold, Alan Mowbray, Verree Teasdale, Jane Darwell, David Manners) – Classic Movie Review 5137

Director Frank Tuttle’s 1933 movie stars Eddie Cantor as an endearing, kind-hearted young simpleton called Eddie, who falls asleep and dreams he goes back to ancient Rome. This jolly vintage musical is raised high with Cantor’s […]

Mar, 11

The Razor’s Edge *** (1984, Bill Murray, Denholm Elliott, Theresa Russell, Catherine Hicks, James Keach, Peter Vaughan, Faith Brook, Saeed Jaffrey) – Classic Movie Review 5136

Popular comic Bill Murray suddenly found that he had enough clout to talk Columbia Pictures into director John Byrum’s unexpected but pleasantly surprising and ambitious remake of the 1946 The Razor’s Edge film of W […]

Mar, 11

The Razor’s Edge **** (1946, Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, Herbert Marshall, Lucile Watson, Frank Latimore, Elsa Lanchester) – Classic Movie Review 5135

‘Hunger no love, woman or wealth could satisfy!’ The Razor’s Edge (1946) stars Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb and Herbert Marshall. The 20th Century-Fox film studio and producer Darryl F […]

Mar, 11

Waterland **½ (1992, Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack, Ethan Hawke, Grant Warnock, David Morrissey, John Heard) – Classic Movie Review 5137

Jeremy Irons stars as a Tom Crick, a disillusioned high school history teacher who has been a teacher in an American school for 20 years but is having trouble connecting with his students and his […]

Mar, 11

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