Derek Winnert

Bob Roberts *** (1992, Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise, Brian Murray, Gore Vidal) – Classic Movie Review 10,705

Writer-director Tim Robbins’s bright and always relevant 1992 comedy drama election campaign political satire plays as a mockumentary, or fake documentary. It is his directorial debut, includes several original songs co-written and performed by him, […]

Dec, 26 · in Reviews

The Boatniks *** (1970, Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Don Ameche, Norman Fell, Mickey Shaughnessy, Wally Cox) – Classic Movie Review 10,704

Director Norman Tokar’s 1970 children’s comedy The Boatniks stars Phil Silvers as wisecracking Harry Simmons, who leads a little gang of clumsily clodhopping jewel thieves (Norman Fell, Mickey Shaughnessy) who have reckoned without heroic young […]

Das Boot ***** (1981, Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann) – Classic Movie Review 10,703

Writer-director Wolfgang Petersen’s 1981 German World War Two submarine thriller Das Boot [The Boat] is based on the novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim and was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. […]

Dec, 25

Three Smart Girls *** (1936, Deanna Durbin, Barbara Read, Nan Grey, Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger, Alice Brady, Ray Milland) – Classic Movie Review 10,702

Three sisters try to reunite their estranged parents (Charles Winninger and Nella Walker) when their father wants to wed a trampy money-grabber in Universal’s thin but popular 1936 black and white drama Three Smart Girls, […]

Dec, 24

Kidnapped *** (1971, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Lawrence Douglas, Gordon Jackson, Freddie Jones, Jack Watson, Vivien Heilbron) – Classic Movie Review 10,701

‘Robert Louis Stevenson’s Great Adventure Story… Now a Monumental Motion Picture!’ Director Delbert Mann’s 1971 British-made adventure Kidnapped is the fourth big movie attempt at the Robert Louis Stevenson tale of adventure and romance – […]

Dec, 23

Kidnapped *** (1960, Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee, John Laurie, Finlay Currie) – Classic Movie Review 10,700

‘SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURE! FLASHING SWORDS AND RAGING SEAS… as soldiers of fortune fight for their lives!’ Writer-director Robert Stevenson’s 1960 British-made adventure Kidnapped is the Walt Disney version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale. It offers a […]

Dec, 23

Kidnapped ** (1948, Roddy McDowall, Sue England, Dan O’Herlihy, Roland Winters, Jeff Corey, Houseley Stevenson, Erskine Sanford) – Classic Movie Review 10,699

Director William Beaudine’s 1948 Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation/ Monogram Pictures poverty row double feature film adventure Kidnapped is another antique American version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale, this time with Roddy McDowall as the boy […]

Dec, 23

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