Derek Winnert

La Cage aux Folles II *** (1980, Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Marcel Bozzuffi) – Classic Movie Review 10,425

Director Edouard Molinaro’s 1980 comedy sequel La Cage aux Folles II finds that part two unexpectedly answers the awkward questions arising from the 1978 part one, La Cage aux Folles, as Michel Serrault and Ugo […]

Oct, 16 · in Uncategorized

La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding * (1985, Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Antonella Interlenghi) – Classic Movie Review 10,426

Director Georges Lautner’s 1985 comedy second sequel La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding [La cage aux folles III: ‘Elles’ se marient] is third time unlucky for the gay duo, in which drag queen Albin […]

Oct, 16 · in Uncategorized

Partners * (1982, Ryan O’Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan) – Classic Movie Review 10,424

The 1982 crime comedy Partners is a disappointing, wrong-headed comedy-drama from American TV’s sitcomic mastermind James Burrows in his bewildering film début. John Hurt and Ryan O’Neal play an odd couple as LA cops probing […]

Oct, 16

Partner ** (1968, Pierre Clémenti, Stefania Sandrelli, Tina Aumont, Sergio Tofano) – Classic Movie Review 10,423

Director Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1968 Italian drama Partner stars Pierre Clémenti as introverted Giacobbe, who invents a doppelganger to win in life – and especially to win the hand of the lovely Clara (Stefania Sandrelli). Alas, […]

Oct, 16

The Passage (1979, Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Lee, Patricia Neal, Kay Lenz, Michael Lonsdale) – Classic Movie Review 10,422

Director J Lee Thompson’s 1979 The Passage is a poor, nasty and depressingly violent World War Two action adventure film, wasting the impressive talents of Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Lee, Patricia Neal, […]

Oct, 15

Pascali’s Island **** (1988, Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Helen Mirren) – Classic Movie Review 10,421

Director James Dearden’s 1988 British period spy drama Pascali’s Island is based on the novel by Barry Unsworth and is a most satisfying tale of love and spies set on a Greek island just before […]

Oct, 15

The Barretts of Wimpole Street ** (1957, Jennifer Jones, John Gielgud, Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Jean Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 10,420

Director Sidney Franklin’s 1957 colour remake The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a stiff, museum piece of a film, where more exuberance in both the handling and performing is needed. More than 20 years later, […]

Oct, 15

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