Derek Winnert

Across the Universe **** (2007, Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, T V Carpio) – Classic Movie Review 10,355

Director Julie Taymor’s glorious 2007 musical romantic drama film Across the Universe incorporates 33 compositions originally written by members of the Beatles, and stars Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, T V Carpio Dana […]

Sep, 27 · in Reviews

Immortal Beloved * (1994, Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Isabella Rossellini, Marco Hofschneider) – Classic Movie Review 10,354

Writer-director Bernard Rose’s fumbled 1994 film Immortal Beloved is a plush but pretty tedious historical biopic, with Gary Oldman bravely battling miscasting as musical ‘genius’ Ludwig van Beethoven, with the mystery of the composer’s Unsterbliche […]

Sep, 26 · in Reviews

Immoral Tales [Contes Immoraux] *** (1973, Lise Danvers, Fabrice Luchini, Charlotte Alexandra) – Classic Movie Review 10,353

Writer-director Walerian Borowczyk’s 1974  erotic art film Immoral Tales [Contes Immoraux] tells four ‘immoral’ tales (Contes Immoraux), in which a quartet of women from different historical epochs explore aspects of female sexuality in relation to […]

Sep, 26

Impasse * (1969, Burt Reynolds, Anne Francis, Vic Diaz, Jeff Corey, Lyle Bettger, Rodolfo Acosta) – Classic Movie Review 10,352

‘There are two ways to claim a fortune – KILL FOR IT! DIE WITH IT!’ Director Richard Benedict’s thin and muddled 1969 film Impasse stars Burt Reynolds as Pat Morrison, who seeks out the $3 […]

Sep, 26

Brainstorm *** (1965, Jeffrey Hunter, Dana Andrews, Anne Francis, Viveca Lindfors) – Classic Movie Review 10,351

Lust and the eternal triangle are played out rather well in William Conrad’s 1965 neo-noir dark thriller film Brainstorm, starring Jeffrey Hunter. Producer-director William Conrad’s 1965 neo-noir dark thriller film Brainstorm stars Jeffrey Hunter as a handsome […]

Sep, 26

The Brain [Le Cerveau] * (1969, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil, David Niven, Eli Wallach, Silvia Monti) – Classic Movie Review 10,350

Director Gérard Oury’s 1969 French crime caper film The Brain [Le Cerveau] is a tepid, too unsubtle and slapstick-toned international Sixties heist comedy, wasting David Niven as a British NATO army colonel (‘The Brain’), who […]

Sep, 26

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! * (1966, Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Phyllis Diller) – Classic Movie Review 10,349

Director George Marshall’s 1966 comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! stars Bob Hope, who struggles with a hopeless script about a motor-mouthed small-town estate agent, Tom Meade, who Gets a Wrong Number and […]

Sep, 26

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