Derek Winnert

The Last Emperor ***** (1987, John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O’Toole) – Classic Movie Review 2619

Co-writer/director Bernardo Bertolucci’s magnificent 1987 movie The Last Emperor about the last imperial ruler of China was a much-deserved world-wide triumph for him and his brave and ambitious British producer, Jeremy Thomas. The Last Emperor won nine […]

Jun, 19 · in Reviews

Annie Get Your Gun **** (1950, Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern) – Classic Movie Review 2618

The MGM studio, home of the musical, surprisingly lets down Irving Berlin’s great theatre show in a stagey, low-pizzazz movie version with the wrong star. However, director George Sidney’s 1950 movie is all very bright, […]

Jun, 19 · in Reviews

Alexander’s Ragtime Band **** (1938, Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 2617

Director Henry King’s 1938 musical is a grand old-time show, with an ancient but serviceable plot about two songwriters (Tyrone Power and Don Ameche) battling for the love of an upcoming singing attraction (Alice Faye). […]

Jun, 19

13 Going on 30 ** (2004, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Kathy Baker) – Classic Movie Review 2616

Director Gary Winick’s 2004 movie stars the appealing young Jennifer Garner, who is tough and feisty in her TV show Alias, but here she hasn’t really got the right stuff for girly romcom. In Josh […]

Jun, 19

Encino Man [California Man] **** (1992, Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore) – Classic Movie Review 2615

Director Les Mayfield’s 1992 wild and wacky teen comedy is incredibly juvenile but unexpectedly funny and engaging, coming in the wake and style of Bill and Ted and Wayne’s World. It’s now regarded as a classic […]

Jun, 18

Call Me Madam **** (1953, Ethel Merman, George Sanders, Donald O’Connor, Vera-Ellen, Billy De Wolfe, Walter Slezak) – Classic Movie Review 2614

The boisterous Ethel Merman is on top form as the hostess with the mostest  – and so are the whole cast – for Walter Lang’s very bright, lively and nimble 1953 film version of the ultimate […]

Jun, 18

Suddenly, Last Summer **** (1959, Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift) -Classic Movie Review 2613

‘Tennessee Williams shocks you again as he transports you to a STRANGE, NEW BOLD WORLD!’ Tennessee Williams’s famous one-act play gets a glossy, starry stage-to-screen transfer in director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1959 movie. The heat […]

Jun, 18

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