Derek Winnert

Carry On Matron *** (1972, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Cope) – Classic Movie Review 1,212

‘ Gerald Thomas’s 1972 comedy film Carry On Matron is the 23rd in the series and the fourth Carry On with a hospital background. Most of the regular team is assembled in an amusing episode, […]

May, 14 · in Reviews

Carry On Loving ** (1970, Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams) – Classic Movie Review 1211

Sid James and Hattie Jacques usher in the new Seventies era in director Gerald Thomas’s 1970 Carry On comedy Carry On Loving by playing Sidney Bliss and his longtime girlfriend Sophie Plummett, who run a […]

May, 14 · in Reviews

Gloria ***** (1980, Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen, John Adames) – Classic Movie Review 1,203

Gena Rowlands is superb as Gloria Swenson, a middle-aged Bronx blonde who sets out to protect a young Puerto Rican boy (John Adames) by trying to beat the Mob at their own nasty game, in […]

May, 14

In Secret *** (2013, Elizabeth Olsen, Oscar Isaac, Jessica Lange, Tom Felton) – Movie Review

Elizabeth Olsen stars in this intense, well-acted film of Emile Zola’s 1867 tragic romance as the sexually repressed beautiful young tragic heroine Therese Raquin. Jessica Lange co-stars as her domineering aunt Madame Raquin, who traps into a loveless […]

May, 13

The Two Faces of January **** (2014, Viggo Mortensen, Oscar Isaac, Kirsten Dunst) – Movie Review

Viggo Mortensen and Oscar Isaac are riveting in writer-director Hossein Amini’s tense, twisty and sleek adaptation of the 1964 Patricia Highsmith novel, filmed in the polished vintage-style Hitchcock mode. As usual, Viggo is particularly excellent as the […]

May, 13

Up Pompeii *** (1971, Frankie Howerd, Julie Ege, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray, Patrick Cargill) – Classic Movie Review 1,210

Frankie Howerd’s hilarious and smutty TV sitcom series of Pompeiian scandals is opened out for director Bob Kellett’s jolly 1971 big-screen version Up Pompeii featuring an excellent entirely new support cast. A funny thing happened […]

May, 13

The Poseidon Adventure **** (1972 Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters) – Classic Film Review 1209

Director Ronald Neame’s famous 1972 definitive disaster movie launched the Seventies vogue for the genre and still provides a good measure of entertainment. It’s cast strongly with an all-star cast who include five Oscar winners: […]

May, 12

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