Derek Winnert

Mahogany ** (1975, Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nina Foch, Beah Richards, Marisa Mell) – Classic Movie Review 10,044

Director Berry Gordy’s ridiculous but shamefully amusing 1975 romantic melodrama soap opera Mahogany stars Diana Ross as ambitious Chicago slum girl Tracy Chambers, nicknamed Mahogany (Diana Ross). Tracy goes to fashion school and becomes a […]

Jul, 16 · in Reviews

A Rainy Day in New York ***½ (2019, Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Liev Schreiber, Jude Law, Diego Luna) – Movie Review

Woody Allen’s 48th film A Rainy Day in New York is lightweight, lighthearted, likeable and thoroughly amusing and quite charming. It is very sweetly acted by its three young principals – Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning […]

Jul, 16 · in Reviews

Three Men and a Cradle [3 Hommes et un Couffin] **** (1985, Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, André Dussollier) – Classic Movie Review 10,043

Director Coline Serreau’s 1985 Three Men and a Cradle [Trois Hommes et un Couffin] stars Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah and André Dussollier as three high-living bachelors (Pierre, Michel, Jacques) who become the guardians of a […]

Jul, 15

Three Fugitives *** (1989, Nick Nolte, Martin Short, Sarah Rowland Doroff) – Classic Movie Review 10,042

The swift moving odd-couple (well odd-triple) 1989 slapstick comedy Three Fugitives is slickly directed by Francis Veber, who also writes the screenplay and bases it on his 1986 French farce film Les Fugitifs (with Gérard […]

Jul, 15

The Lucky Dog *** (1921, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Florence Gilbert) – Classic Movie Review 10,041

Writer-director Jess Robbins’s 1921 silent black and white short film The Lucky Dog makes screen history as the first film with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, though not as a comedy duo, but appearing in […]

Jul, 15

Physical Evidence ** (1989, Burt Reynolds, Theresa Russell, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 10,040

Director Michael Crichton’s 1989 crime mystery romance thriller Physical Evidence stars twinkling charmer Burt Reynolds as Joe Paris, a cynical cop suspended from the force and accused of murdering a crook, strangled extortionist Jake Farley, […]

Jul, 15

Undercurrent *** (1946, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 10,039

‘An Irresistible Force That Draws a Man and Woman Together!’ ‘Please Don’t Tell The Terrific Ending!’ A considerably aged, craggy-looking Robert Taylor is rewarded for his three years’ wartime US Navy service with a good […]

Jul, 15

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