Derek Winnert

Lassie Come Home **** (1943, Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp, Edmund Gwenn, Dame May Whitty, Elsa Lanchester, Nigel Bruce) – Classic Movie Review 4646

Director Fred M Wilcox’s adorable 1943 MGM children’s movie is the original and the sweetest of the film shaggy-dog stories featuring the lovable collie Lassie (played by male dog Pal). In Hugo Butler’s screenplay, based on Eric […]

Nov, 13 · in Uncategorized

The Landlord **** (1970, Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey, Marki Bey, Louis Gossett, Susan Anspach) – Classic Movie Review 4645

Hal Ashby makes his debut as film director with this intriguingly oddball 1970 satirical comedy drama with a touch of romance. It stars Beau Bridges as Elgar Enders, a rich young man at the age […]

Nov, 13 · in Uncategorized

Let’s Spend the Night Together ***½ (1983, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Ronnie Wood, Ian Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 4644

Cinematographers Caleb Deschanel and Gerald Feil hold the cameras while The Rolling Stones provide the music in director Hal Ashby’s exhilarating 1983 concert feature film documentary. It was shot during their 1981 US tour shows in […]

Nov, 13

10 Rillington Place **** (1971, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt) – Classic Movie Review 4643

Director Richard Fleischer’s absorbing 1971 British anti-capital punishment film 10 Rillington Place re-creates the infamous real-life Forties John Christie murder case in London. Richard Attenborough’s chilling portrayal of the serial killer John Christie deservedly gathered […]

Nov, 13

Young Winston **** (1972, Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Jack Hawkins, Ian Holm, Anthony Hopkins, John Mills, Pat Heywood, Patrick Magee, Edward Woodward, Colin Blakely, Robert Flemyng, Laurence Naismith) – Classic Movie Review 4642

Director Richard Attenborough’s meticulous, exciting and enjoyable 1972 British historical adventure movie is an ideal subject for him. It is an all-star pageant of Winston Churchill’s early years from his wretched schooldays via serving as […]

Nov, 12

The Young Ones [Wonderful to be Young!] ***½ (1961, Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, Carole Grey, Richard O’Sullivan, Melvyn Hayes, Gerald Harper, Robertson Hare, Teddy Green) – Classic Movie Review 4,641

The 1961 British musical The Young Ones stars Cliff Richard as the son of a ruthless property tycoon (Robert Morley). Carole Grey, Richard O’Sullivan, Melvyn Hayes, Gerald Harper, Robertson Hare and Teddy Green also star. […]

Nov, 12

Step Up *** (2006, Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Alyson Stoner, Rachel Griffiths, Josh Henderson, Drew Sidora) – Classic Movie Review 4640

Director Anne Fletcher’s corny but ingratiating hit 2006 American romantic dance film stars Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan. The story takes place in Baltimore, Maryland, and follows the characters and fates of the sulky, surly, […]

Nov, 12

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