Derek Winnert

Where the Boys Are ** (1984, Lisa Hartman, Lorna Luft, Wendy Schaal, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Russell Todd) – Classic Movie Review 10,242

This time director Hy Averback’s 1984 updated sex comedy Where the Boys Are finds Lisa Hartman, Lorna Luft, Wendy Schaal and Lynn-Holly Johnson as the four college coeds heading for Florida’s Fort Lauderdale for their […]

Aug, 30 · in Reviews

The Private Files of J Edgar Hoover **** (1977, Broderick Crawford, James Wainwright, Michael Parks) – Classic Movie Review 10,241

Writer-producer-director Larry Cohen’s 1977 biographical drama The Private Files of J Edgar Hoover stars a notable cast headed by Broderick Crawford, José Ferrer, Michael Parks, Ronee Blakley, Rip Torn, Celeste Holm and Dan Dailey. He […]

Aug, 30 · in Reviews

Sharks’ Treasure ** (1975, Cornel Wilde, Yaphet Kotto, John Neilson) – Classic Movie Review 10,240

The 1975 action adventure film Sharks’ Treasure tells an antique-style sunken treasure yarn that is given an odd twist by its writer-star-producer-director Cornel Wilde, who sermonises against tobacco and drink (‘every ounce of alcohol you […]

Aug, 30

Where the Buffalo Roam **** (1980, Peter Boyle, Bill Murray, Bruno Kirby, René Auberjonois, R G Armstrong, Rafael Campos, Leonard Frey) – Classic Movie Review 10,239

Director Art Linson’s 1980 Where the Buffalo Roam stars Bill Murray as the spaced-out, drug-addicted gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson and Peter Boyle as his unorthodox attorney Oscar Acosta (here called Carl Lazlo) in this […]

Aug, 30

The Singing Nun ** (1966, Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 10,238

Director Henry Koster’s 1966 biographical family drama The Singing Nun stars Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson and Agnes Moorehead. Apparently Reynolds called it her favourite role: had she forgotten Singin’ in the Rain? Nuns […]

Aug, 29

The Sign of the Cross *** (1932, Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Elissa Landi, Charles Laughton) – Classic Movie Review 10,237

Producer-director Cecil B DeMille returned to the Paramount Pictures studio to make the salacious, eye-popping 1932 black and white historical epic The Sign of the Cross, which he turned into a box-office smash, after shooting […]

Aug, 29

Le Silence Est d’Or [Man About Town] *** (1947, Maurice Chevalier, François Périer, Marcelle Derrien) – Classic Movie Review 10,236

Set around the turn of the last century (it is 1910), writer/ producer/ director René Clair’s mildly charming 1947 Le Silence Est d’Or [Silence Is Golden] [Man About Town] is his first movie back home […]

Aug, 28

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