Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Divine Madness **** (1980, Bette Midler, Jocelyn Brown, Ula Hedwig, Diva Gray) – Classic Movie Review 9,683

Michael Ritchie’s 1980 concert film Divine Madness is a terrific record of the divine Miss Bette Midler’s one-woman show, filmed over three days at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Director Michael Ritchie’s 1980 American music documentary concert […]

Apr, 27 · in Uncategorized

The Rose ***** (1979, Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, Barry Primus, David Keith) – Classic Movie Review 9682

The colourful 1979 romantic musical drama film The Rose stars Bette Midler as self-destructive rock star Rose, who takes up with chauffeur-drifter Huston Dyer (Frederic Forrest). Midler won a Golden Globe and both stars were […]

Apr, 27 · in Reviews

For the Boys **** (1991, Bette Midler, James Caan, George Segal) – Classic Movie Review 9681

Director Mark Rydell’s 1991 For the Boys is a lavish, old-fashioned musical drama vehicle for Bette Midler as Dixie Leonard, an American showgirl with a heart of gold and a will of iron, who teams […]

Apr, 27

For Queen & Country *** (1988, Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy, Sean Chapman) – Classic Movie Review 9680

American star Denzel Washington comes to the UK to play a working-class soldier from an inner London council estate in Brixton, who, on his return from the Falklands War, finds that nobody wants to give […]

Apr, 27

Caught on a Train **** (1980, Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Kitchen, Wendy Raebeck) – Classic Movie Review 9679

Director Peter Duffell’s riveting 1980 Caught on a Train stars Peggy Ashcroft as Frau Messner, an imperious Austrian lady who terrifies young Briton Peter (Michael Kitchen) on an overnight train passing through Germany, in writer […]

Apr, 26

Defending Your Life *** (1991, Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant) – Classic Movie Review 9678

The 1991 film Defending Your Life is an amiable, hit-and-miss romantic fantasy comedy drama from multi-talented writer-director Albert Brooks, in which he also stars. The star’s character Daniel Miller is killed in a car crash […]

Apr, 26

Defence of the Realm [Defense of the Realm] **** (1985, Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen, Fulton Mackay, Bill Paterson, David Calder, Robbie Coltrane) – Classic Movie Review 9677

Director David Drury’s outstanding political conspiracy thriller Defence of the Realm [Defense of the Realm] furrowed a few brows in London’s Whitehall government district on its release in 1985. Gabriel Byrne stars in his career-making […]

Apr, 26

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