Derek Winnert

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell *** (1955, Gary Cooper, Rod Steiger, Ralph Bellamy, Charles Bickford) – Classic Movie Review 11,792

Director Otto Preminger’s 1955  American CinemaScope Warnercolor film The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell [One Man Mutiny] stars Gary Cooper, Rod Steiger, Ralph Bellamy and Charles Bickford, with Elizabeth Montgomery in her film debut. Rod Steiger steals the […]

Dec, 15 · in Reviews

The Courtneys of Curzon Street ** (1947, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding) – Classic Movie Review 11,791

Director Herbert Wilcox’s 1947 British drama film The Courtneys of Curzon Street [The Courtney Affair] stars the winning team of Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding, is one of the all-time most seen British films, with 15,900,000 cinema tickets […]

Dec, 15 · in Reviews

Sequin in a Blue Room **** (2019, Conor Leach, Simon Croker, Anthony Brandon Wong, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor) – Movie Review

Samuel Van Grinsven’s 2019 accomplished and imaginative coming-of-age Australian independent film eye-opener Sequin in a Blue Room stars Conor Leach in his feature film debut as high schooler Sequin, a teenage big-city boy who hunts […]

Dec, 14

Crack in the World ** (1965, Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Alexander Knox) – Classic Movie Review 11,790

Director Andrew Marton’s 1965 American science-fiction doomsday disaster movie Crack in the World is based on a story by Jon Manchip White, and stars Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore and Alexander Knox. An attempt to harness the […]

Dec, 14

Le Plaisir [House of Pleasure] **** (1952, Claude Dauphin, Jean Galland, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud, Daniel Gélin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, Jean Gabin) – Classic Movie Review 11,789

Director Max Ophüls’s 1952 black and white French comedy-drama anthology film Le Plaisir [House of Pleasure] is his delightful adaptation of three short stories by Guy de Maupassant linked by the theme of pleasure. It […]

Dec, 14

The Grass Arena *** (1991, Mark Rylance, Lynsey Baxter, Pete Postlewaite, Marian McLoughlin, Billy Boyle) – Classic Movie Review 11,788

Director Gillies Mackinnon’s 1991 BBC TV Screen Two film The Grass Arena stars Mark Rylance, who gives a compelling performance in a gritty true-life story about a man whose hopes of a boxing career are […]

Dec, 13

The Playboys *** (1992, Albert Finney, Aidan Quinn, Robin Wright, Milo O’Shea) – Classic Movie Review 11,787

Director Gillies Mackinnon’s 1992 Irish film The Playboys stars Albert Finney, Aidan Quinn, Robin Wright and Milo O’Shea. Police sergeant Brendan Hegarty (Finney) and travelling actor Tom (Quinn) fight for the hand of young unmarried mother Tara […]

Dec, 13

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