Derek Winnert

The Absent Minded Professor *** (1961, Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames, Ed Wynn, Edward Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 10,531

Director Robert Stevenson’s 1960 black and white comedy The Absent Minded Professor is good, old-style fun for kids and their parents, and stars Fred MacMurray as a daffy college professor called Professor Ned Brainard who […]

Nov, 11 · in Reviews

Rhodes of Africa ** (1936, Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney, Peggy Ashcroft) – Classic Movie Review 10,529

Director Berthold Viertel’s 1936 British black and white biopic Rhodes of Africa [Rhodes] is a portrait of Cecil Rhodes, diamond and gold miner, British Empire builder and the father of Rhodesia, made at the time […]

Nov, 11 · in Reviews

Rich and Famous *** (1981, Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner, Steven Hill, Meg Ryan, Michael Brandon, Matt Lattanzi, Dack Rambo) – Classic Movie Review 10,528

Director George Cukor’s last film (at the age of 82) is the 1981 American drama Rich and Famous, an amusing, involving remake of 1943’s Old Acquaintance, with Jacqueline Bisset as sulky Liz Hamilton and Candice […]

Nov, 11

The Beach **** (2000, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel York, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Robert Carlyle, Tilda Swinton) – Classic Movie Review 10,530

Leonardo DiCaprio sheds 20 pounds to get fit for the part of Richard in Danny Boyle’s fascinating, great-looking 2000 film of The Beach, with a persuasive and effective screenplay by John Hodge based on the […]

Nov, 10

Rhapsody in Blue *** (1945, Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 10,527

Rhapsody in Blue (1945) was nominated for two Oscars: Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner) and Best Sound, Recording (Nathan Levinson). Rather surprisingly, Warner Bros entered it into the Cannes […]

Nov, 10

Richard’s Things ** (1980, Liv Ullmann, Amanda Redman, Tim Pigott-Smith) – Classic Movie Review 10,526

Liv Ullmann comes to Britain to play Kate, who loses her husband in an accident and finds out that he was having an affair with Josie (Amanda Redman). The two women comfort each other, and […]

Nov, 10

The Dollar Bottom *** (1981, Robert Urquhart, Rikki Fulton, Jonathan McNeil) – Classic Movie Review 10,525

The entertaining 1981 British comedy short The Dollar Bottom is an amusing, light-hearted little film, which won the 1981 Oscar for Best Short Film, Live Action, about an enterprising 50s Scottish schoolboy who promotes an […]

Nov, 10

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