Derek Winnert

Un Carnet de Bal [Dance Program] [Life Dances On] ***** (1937, Marie Bell, Françoise Rosay, Louis Jouvet, Fernandel, Raimu, Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar) – Classic Movie Review 4,299

Marie Bell stars as the widowed heroine Christine, who revisits the dance‑card from her debut ball and tracks down the men she once danced with, in the charming 1937 French classic episodic drama film Un Carnet […]

Sep, 04 · in Uncategorized

Pépé le Moko ***** (1937, Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Gabriel Gabrio, Saturnin Fabre, Lucas Gridoux, Gilbert Gil, Line Noro) – Classic Movie Review 4,298

Director Julien Duvivier’s 1937 French film classic Pépé le Moko is based on the novel by Henri La Barthe and stars Jean Gabin as a gangster on the run in Algiers, who believes he is safe […]

Sep, 04 · in Uncategorized

Algiers **** (1938, Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie, Joseph Calleia, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale Sr) – Classic Movie Review 4297

The sleek and shiny 1938 American escapist exotic adventure epic film Algiers stars Charles Boyer as Algiers Casbah jewel thief Pépé le Moko, who falls in love with the beautiful Gaby (Hedy Lamarr). Director John […]

Sep, 04

Casbah *** (1948, Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, Marta Toren, Hugo Haas) – Classic Movie Review 4,296

The irresistibly daft 1948 musical fantasy adventure film is gaudily cast with Yvonne De Carlo as the lovely siren Inez, Tony Martin as the thief Pépé Le Moko, and, most treasurably, Peter Lorre. Come viz me […]

Sep, 04

The Purge: Election Year ** (2016, Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson) – Movie Review

Frank Grillo returns as the Sergeant, Leo Barnes, from The Purge: Anarchy (2014) in this scrappy third Purge movie, each film weaker than its predecessor, after the excellent original The Purge (2013). Returning writer-director James DeMonaco does what he can to make it seem […]

Sep, 04

BrOTHERHOOD *** (2016, Noel Clarke, Olivia Chenery, Nick Nevern, Arnold Oceng, Jason Maza) – Movie Review

Writer-director-star Noel Clarke completes his ‘Hood trilogy with BrOTHERHOOD, which has his hero Sam Peel (Clarke) facing up to the problems of his new grown-up world in which he has settled down with a girlfriend […]

Sep, 04

ChickLit ** (2016, Christian McKay, Dakota Blue Richards, Caroline Catz, Miles Jupp, David Troughton, Tom Palmer, Eileen Atkins, John Hurt) – Movie Review

Christian McKay, Miles Jupp, David Troughton and Tom Palmer star as four guys trying to save their local pub from closing by writing a chick lit novel, Fifty Shades of Grey-style ‘mummy porn’. McKay takes it to cynical London […]

Sep, 04

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