Derek Winnert

Woman of the Year **** (1942, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, William Bendix) – Classic Movie Review 3852

Director George Stevens’s intelligent, thoughtful and amusing 1942 romantic comedy stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in their first screen partnership that was to last 25 years and produce nine movies. The duo kick up […]

Jun, 13 · in Reviews

The Sea of Grass *** (1947, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Walker) – Classic Movie Review 3858

Based on Conrad Richter’s 1936 novel, director Elia Kazan’s 1947 black and white Western The Sea of Grass represents an effective change of pace for the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn star team. But years later Kazan […]

Jun, 13 · in Reviews

The Sea Hawk **** (1924, Milton Sills, Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes, Wallace Beery) – Classic Movie Review 3859

Director Frank Lloyd’s once famous 1924 silent film of Rafael Sabatini’s sea-borne swashbuckler story is beautifully produced and still exciting. It was a big hit and ended up the highest grossing movie of 1924. Forgotten star […]

Jun, 13

The Sea Hawk ***** (1940, Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Henry Daniell, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale) – Classic Movie Review 3860

The 1940 adventure film The Sea Hawk is a thrilling vintage sea-borne swashbuckler telling a new story based on the exploits of Sir Francis Drake. Errol Flynn is on his finest swashbuckling form as the […]

Jun, 13

State of the Union **** (1948, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Adolphe Menjou, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Lewis Stone) – Classic Movie Review 3851

Director Frank Capra’s scintillating 1948 political comedy drama provides a first-rate vehicle for the screen and real-life team of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The fifth Tracy-Hepburn movie, it got strong reviews and did nicely at the box office. While […]

Jun, 12

Fire at Sea [Fuocoammare] *** (2016, Samuele Caruana, Pietro Bartolo, Maria Costa, Mattias Cucina) – Movie Review

Writer-cinematographer-director Gianfranco Rosi captures life and death on the Italian Sicilian island of Lampedusa, which finds itself on the frontline in the European migrant crisis. Rosi won the 2016 Golden Berlin Bear award for his heart-on-sleeve documentary, highlighting […]

Jun, 12

The Boss ** (2016, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage, Kathy Bates) – Movie Review

Melissa McCarthy plays the aggressively way over-confident self-made millionairess Michelle Darnell, who is sent to jail for insider trading. She emerges broke, and dumps herself on her much put-upon assistant Claire (Kristen Bell), ready to re-brand […]

Jun, 12

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