Derek Winnert

For Richer, for Poorer [Father, Son and the Mistress] ** (1992, Jack Lemmon, Talia Shire, Jonathan Silverman, Joanna Gleason, Madeline Kahn) – Classic Movie Review 10,383

A contrived situation, a feeble script? Just call for comedy master Jack Lemmon to bail it out. Director Jay Sandrich’s 1992 TV movie For Richer, for Poorer [Father, Son and the Mistress] stars Jack Lemmon, […]

Oct, 04 · in Uncategorized

Father of the Bride Part II * (1995, Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short) – Classic Movie Review 10,382

Director Charles Shyer’s unwanted 1995 comedy Father of the Bride Part II is the off-target sequel to his 1991 Father of the Bride is a partial remake of 1951’s Father’s Little Dividend, the sequel to […]

Oct, 04 · in Uncategorized

Father of the Bride ** (1991, Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kieran Culkin, B D Wong, Kimberly Williams, George Newbern) – Classic Movie Review 10,381

Director Charles Shyer’s 1991 comedy Father of the Bride stars Steve Martin, who scores strongly in an unexpected character part for him – Spencer Tracy’s old role in this tepid but popular Nineties remake of […]

Oct, 04

Way Down East ** (1935, Rochelle Hudson, Henry Fonda, Slim Summerville) – Classic Movie Review 10,380

Director Henry King’s 1935 Way Down East is a mostly dull and soppy Fox Studio sound version remake of D W Griffith’s famous 1920 silent melodrama Way Down East about a done-wrong-by young woman called […]

Oct, 04

A Stitch in Time * (1963, Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jeanette Sterke, Jerry Desmond, Jill Melford, Glyn Houston, Vera Day) – Classic Movie Review 10,379

Director Robert Asher’s 1963 comedy A Stitch in Time stars Norman Wisdom as Norman Pitkin, a gormless butcher’s shop lad who falls in love with a nurse in the hospital where he has gone to […]

Oct, 03

Watch It, Sailor! **½ (1961, Dennis Price, Liz Fraser, Irene Handl, Vera Day, Marjorie Rhodes, John Meillon, Cyril Smith) – Classic Movie Review 10,378

Director Wolf Rilla’s 1961 domestic comedy Watch, It Sailor! is the more than adequate farcical sequel to 1956’s Sailor Beware! about a silly sailor named Albert (John Meillon) and his misadventures before his wedding to […]

Oct, 03

The Warriors **** (1979, Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright) – Classic Movie Review 10,377

Director Walter Hill’s fast-moving and effective but worrying 1979 exploitation crime action thriller The Warriors stars Michael Beck and James Remar in a story about a New York City gang under attack while journeying across […]

Oct, 02

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