Derek Winnert

Consuming Passions (1988, Vanessa Redgrave, Freddie Jones, Jonathan Pryce, Tyler Butterworth) – Classic Movie Review 11,202

‘A tale of greed, lust and death by chocolate.’ Director Giles Foster’s 1988 British comedy Consuming Passions is taken from the play Secrets by Michael Palin and Terry Jones, and stars Vanessa Redgrave, Freddie Jones […]

May, 13 · in Reviews

The Proud Valley **** (1940, Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lack) – Classic Movie Review 11,201

Director Pen Tennyson’s 1940 Ealing Studios black and white drama The Proud Valley stars Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman and Edward Rigby. In a Welsh coal mining valley, Welsh choir-leading coal miner Dick Parry (Edward Chapman) […]

May, 12 · in Uncategorized

Convoy **** (1940, Clive Brook, John Clements, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell, Albert Lieven) – Classic Movie Review 11,200

Director Pen Tennyson’s 1940 British Ealing Studios black and white flag-waving war film Convoy is a suitably laid-back, grace-under-fire portrayal of everyday World War Two seafaring existence. It is his third and last film. But […]

May, 12

Follow the Boys *** (1944, George Raft, Vera Zorina, Grace McDonald) – Classic Movie Review 11,199

Director Edward Sutherland’s 1944 Universal Pictures black and white film Follow the Boys tries hard to deliver its advertised promise of ‘Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Come Together For A Great Cause!’ with an all-star line-up in […]

May, 12

Cooley High *** (1975, Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis) – Classic Movie Review 11,197

‘Where the Student Body Was a Chick Named Veronica… The Senior Prom was a “belly rub” and the Class of ’64 ran a permanent crap game in the Men’s Room!’ Director Michael Schultz’s funny and […]

May, 12

Faibles Femmes [Three Murderesses] *** (1959, Alain Delon, Mylène Demongeot, Pascale Petit, Jacqueline Sassard) – Classic Movie Review 11,198

‘EXPOSED! What a delicious piece of assassination!’ The 1959 French black comedy film Faibles Femmes [Three Murderesses] stars Alain Delon in his third feature, launching him as a star. ‘EXPOSED! What a delicious piece of […]

May, 12

Cool World * (1992, Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt) – Classic Movie Review 11,196

Director Ralph Bakshi’s 1992 comedy fantasy animation film Cool World stars Kim Basinger as voluptuous femme fatale Holli Would, a cartoon fantasy figure who is desperate to escape the ToonTown of Cool World for life […]

May, 11

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