Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

The Delicate Delinquent *** (1957, Jerry Lewis, Darren McGavin, Martha Hyer, Richard Bakalyan, Mary Webster) – Classic Movie Review 11,589

Writer-director Don McGuire’s 1956 black-and-white and VistaVision comedy The Delicate Delinquent stars Jerry Lewis, who goes it alone for the first time after breaking from screen partner Dean Martin, playing janitor Sidney L Pythias, a petty […]

Sep, 20 · in Reviews

Holiday in Mexico *** (1946, Walter Pidgeon, Jose Iturbi, Roddy McDowall, Jane Powell, Ilona Massey, Xavier Cugat) – Classic Movie Review 11,588

After Song of the Open Road (1944) and Delightfully Dangerous (1945), Jane Powell appeared in the 1946 Technicolor musical Holiday in Mexico, directed by George Sidney and also starring Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey and Roddy […]

Sep, 19 · in Reviews

Delightfully Dangerous * (1945, Jane Powell, Ralph Bellamy, Constance Moore, Morton Gould, Arthur Treacher, Louise Beavers) – Classic Movie Review 11,587

Director Arthur Lubin’s 1945 Delightfully Dangerous is the teenage singer Jane Powell’s second feature film, following her debut in Song of the Open Road (1944). It co-stars Ralph Bellamy and Constance Moore, and also features […]

Sep, 19

Song of the Open Road ** (1944, Jane Powell, Bonita Granville, Peggy O’Neill, Jackie Moran, Bill Christy, W C Fields, Edgar Bergen, Sammy Kaye) – Classic Movie Review 11,586

Director S Sylvan Simon’s 1944 musical comedy film Song of the Open Road is remembered as the debut film of teenage singer Jane Powell, as well as for its appearances by W C Fields and Edgar Bergen. In 1943, […]

Sep, 19

Dune * (2021, Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista) – Movie Review

The $250million+ remake of Dune has on its side Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve and an ensemble of good actors. Director Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 science fiction film Dune should have been a firecracker but […]

Sep, 19

A Date with Judy *** (1948, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Powell, Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat, Robert Stack) – Classic Movie Review 11,585

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1948 Technicolor film A Date with Judy stars top-billed Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Powell, Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat, Robert Stack, Selena Royle, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames, Clinton Sundberg, George Cleveland and […]

Sep, 18

How to Beat the High Cost of Living ** (1980, Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Jessica Lange, Richard Benjamin, Fred Willard, Eddie Albert) – Classic Movie Review 11,584

Director Robert Scheerer’s 1980 film How to Beat the High Cost of Living is a pleasant enough crime caper comedy about three Oregon suburban housewife friends – Jane (Susan Saint James), Elaine (Jane Curtin), and Louise […]

Sep, 18

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