Derek Winnert

Roger & Me *** (1989, Michael Moore, Roger B Smith) – Classic Movie Review 10,275

The Me of the title is film-maker reporter Michael Moore whose satirical 1989 documentary feature Roger & Me [Roger and Me] trails Roger B Smith, chairman of General Motors, who cut 35,000 jobs when he closed […]

Sep, 08 · in Reviews

Out of the Fog **** (1941, Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Thomas Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 10,274

Warner Bros’ skilful and atmospheric 1941 film noir crime drama Out of the Fog stars John Garfield, Ida Lupino and Thomas Mitchell.  Director Anatole Litvak’s 1941 Warner Bros film noir crime thriller Out of the […]

Sep, 07 · in Reviews

The Outriders ** (1950, Joel McCrea, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Claude Jarman Jr, Ramon Novarro, James Whitmore, Jeff Corey, Ted de Corsia, Martin Garralaga) – Classic Movie Review 10,273

Director Roy Rowland’s 1950 film The Outriders stars Joel McCrea, Barry Sullivan and James Whitmore as three US Civil War soldiers who escape from a Yankee jail and join a wagon train carrying gold, which […]

Sep, 07

Outlaw Blues *** (1977, Peter Fonda, Susan Saint James, John Crawford, James T Callahan, Michael Lerner) – Classic Movie Review 10,272

Director Richard T Heffron’s slack and lazy but very affable 1977 concoction Outlaw Blues stars Peter Fonda as the singing former jailbird Bobby Ogden, whose material, the title song Outlaw Blues, is pirated by an […]

Sep, 07

Il Generale della Rovere *** (1959, Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Sandra Milo) – Classic Movie Review 10,271

Roberto Rossellini’s intriguing and intelligent if rather sluggish and overlong (138 minutes) flagwaving 1959 black and white wartime picture Il Generale della Rovere has lots of interesting psychological things to say about the nature of […]

Sep, 07

Outrageous! **** (1977, Craig Russell, Hollis McLaren, Richert Easley) – Classic Movie Review 10,270

Toronto-born drag queen/ female impersonator Craig Russell is hilarious and touching as a female impersonator gay hairdresser who keeps house with a pregnant schizophrenic (Hollis McLaren), in director Richard Benner’s warm, funny and revealing 1977 […]

Sep, 06

Escape from Fort Bravo *** (1953, William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe) – Classic Movie Review 10,269

Director John Sturges never lets the tension sag in the complex, superior 1953 MGM Western film Escape from Fort Bravo, starring William Holden, Eleanor Parker and John Forsythe. Director John Sturges never lets the tension […]

Sep, 06

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