Derek Winnert

The Wrong Arm of the Law **** (1962, Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Davy Kaye, Bernard Cribbins, John le Mesurier, Dennis Price) – Classic Movie Review 1865

Director Cliff Owen’s vintage 1962 comedy stars Peter Sellers, who finds one of his most rewarding British parts as Pearly Gates, a criminal mastermind. This exuberant, delightful farce about bungling crooks in the London underworld […]

Nov, 22 · in Reviews

The Naked Truth [Your Past Is Showing] **** (1957, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price, Joan Sims) – Classic Movie Review 1,864

The eager-to-please 1957 British black and white comedy The Naked Truth stars Peter Sellers, who is clearly relishing playing a nasty TV personality.   Producer-director Mario Zampi’s eager-to-please 1957 British black and white black comedy […]

Nov, 22 · in Reviews

Oh! What a Lovely War **** (1969, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 1863

  For his first film as director in 1969, Richard Attenborough chooses an ambitious project – to make a movie version of producer-writer Joan Littlewood’s Sixties London Theatre Royal Stratford stage production. It won the […]

Nov, 22

Riding in Cars with Boys *** (2001, Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Adam Garcia) – Classic Movie Review 1862

Director Penny Marshall’s poignant 2001 comedy drama stars Drew Barrymore on storming form as real-life Beverly D’Onofrio, who comes of age in the late Sixties, and has her entire life coloured by an event that […]

Nov, 22

Ace in the Hole ***** (1951, Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall) – Classic Movie Review 1861

Co-writer/director Billy Wilder delivers one of his scintillating classic film noir thrillers in 1951. Kirk Douglas stars in one of his most unforgettable roles as the archetypal all-time ruthless reporter Chuck Tatum. Tatum is a […]

Nov, 21

Heavy **** (1995, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters, Liv Tyler, Deborah Harry) – Classic Movie Review 1860

Despite its title, debut writer-director James Mangold’s 1995 romantic drama film is a delicate and affecting character study of misfits gathering at an inn in upstate New York. Liv Tyler stars as Callie, a beautiful but kind […]

Nov, 20

Heavens Above! **** (1963, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Ian Carmichael, Isabel Jeans) – Classic Movie Review 1859

Malcolm Muggeridge came up with the idea for the Boulting Brothers’ thoughtful and entertaining 1963 satirical comedy film Heavens Above! Peter Sellers tickles the funny bone even in a largely serious performance as the Rev […]

Nov, 20

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