Derek Winnert

The Sugarland Express **** (1974, Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton) – Classic Movie Review 2607

Goldie Hawn and William Atherton star as Lou Jean and Clovis Michael Poplin in director Steven Spielberg’s excellent 1974 comedy drama about two fugitives from the law. Director Spielberg was just 27 and still a […]

Jun, 15 · in Reviews

The Blues Brothers ***** (1980, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi) – Classic Movie Review 2606

Director John Landis spent what was then a movie fortune ($30million) of Universal Studios’ money on this wild, wacky and wayward 1980 car-crash chase comedy. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi star in their most famous roles, re-created […]

Jun, 15 · in Reviews

Blue Hawaii *** (1961, Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury) – Classic Movie Review 2605

Director Norman Taurog’s 1961 musical romantic comedy Blue Hawaii stars Elvis Presley as Chadwick ‘Chad’ Gates, a just-demobbed soldier who returns to Honolulu. Mum wants him to follow in his father’s footsteps and take over management […]

Jun, 15

The Thief Lord **** (2006, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jasper Harris, Rollo Weeks, Jim Carter, Alexei Sayle, Vanessa Redgrave, George MacKay, Carole Boyd) – Classic Movie Review 2604

Co-writer/director Richard Claus adapts Cornelia Funke’s children’s novel (published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002) into a highly engaging, great-looking family fantasy adventure film in 2006. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jasper Harris star […]

Jun, 15

The Lady Eve ***** (1941, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 2603

‘You see, Hopsie, you don’t know very much about girls. The best ones aren’t as good as you probably think they are and the bad ones aren’t as bad.’ Writer-director Preston Sturges’s brilliant 1941 screwball […]

Jun, 14

13 Rue Madeleine **** (1947, James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte, Frank Latimore) – Classic Movie Review 2602

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1947 wartime spy thriller stars James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte and Frank Latimore. Like the previous year’s Cloak and Dagger, it is a tribute to Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operations in […]

Jun, 14

Cloak and Dagger **** (1946, Gary Cooper, Robert Alda, Lilli Palmer) – Classic Movie Review 2601

Director Fritz Lang’s 1946 release stars Gary Cooper as mild-mannered science professor called Alvah Jesper who becomes an agent for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the World War Two forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency. […]

Jun, 14

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