Derek Winnert

Too Young to Love *** (1960, Thomas Mitchell, Pauline Hahn, Joan Miller, Jess Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 10,586

‘If this happened to your daughter… would you be to blame?’ Director Muriel Box’s provocative and controversial 1960 British drama Too Young To Love is an intriguing dramatised account of the sad life of a […]

Nov, 26 · in Reviews

Bullshot * (1983, Alan Shearman, Diz White, Ronald E House) – Classic Movie Review 10,585

Bullshot: ‘Is this seemly, Mrs Platt-Higgins, playing popular music and your husband only ten years dead?’ Director Dick Clement’s silly 1983 British comedy Bullshot is a strained slapstick spoof of Bulldog Drummond, based on a play […]

Nov, 26 · in Reviews

Les Soeurs Brontë [The Brontë Sisters] ** (1979, Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert) – Classic Movie Review 10,584

Emily Brontë: ‘I spit on love and all its vanity’. Director André Techiné’s 1979 biographical costume drama Les Soeurs Brontë [The Brontë Sisters] stars a most formidable French acting talent line-up in Isabelle Adjani, Isabelle […]

Nov, 26

Moonlight Sonata ** (1937, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Charles Farrell, Marie Tempest, Barbara Greene, Eric Portman) – Classic Movie Review 10,583

‘PADEREWSKI in his only screen appearance’ When plane-crash survivors gather together in the home of a Swedish noblewoman, the Baroness Lindenborg (Marie Tempest), they are serenaded by famous classical pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski (as himself), whose […]

Nov, 26

Son of Flubber ** (1963, Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 10,582

‘HE PUTS A HALFBACK INTO ORBIT! HE’S THE LAFF OF THE PARTY! HE BLOWS UP A STORM!’ Director Robert Stevenson’s 1963 comedy Son of Flubber brings Fred MacMurray is happily back as Professor Ned Brainard […]

Nov, 26

Above the Law [Nico] ** (1988, Steven Seagal, Henry Silva, Pam Grier, Daniel Faraldo, Sharon Stone) – Classic Movie Review 10,581

Director Andrew Davis’s 1988 film Above the Law [Nico] stars Aikido expert Steven Seagal in his film debut as Nico Toscani, a tough renegade Chicago cop, trained in martial arts and combat in Vietnam, who […]

Nov, 26

Abigail’s Party ***** (1977, Alison Steadman, Tim Stern, Janine Duvitski, John Salthouse, Harriet Reynolds) – Classic Movie Review 10,580

The 1977 British TV classic Abigail’s Party is a savagely funny BBC comedy drama devised and directed by Mike Leigh. This wicked attack on lower-middle-class manners is particularly memorable for Alison Steadman’s formidable portrayal of […]

Nov, 25

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