Derek Winnert

Tapeheads ** (1988, John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Sam Moore, Junior Walker) – Classic Movie Review 10,706

‘Let’s get into trouble, baby!’ Director Bill Fishman’s sardonic, self indulgent 1988 music spoof satirical comedy film Tapeheads stars John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Sam Moore and Junior Walker. It is produced by Michael Nesmith, who […]

Dec, 26 · in Reviews

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 […]

Dec, 26

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

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