Derek Winnert

Le Rouge et le Noir [The Red and the Black] *** (1954, Danielle Darrieux, Gérard Philipe, Antonella Lualdi) – Classic Movie Review 9977

Director Claude Autant-Lara’s 1954 French romantic drama Le Rouge et le Noir [The Red and the Black] is a good-looking, attractively acted adaptation of the once scandalous 1831 Stendhal novel, in which humble Julien Sorel […]

Jun, 29 · in Reviews

Deep Red *** (1994, Michael Biehn, Lindsey Haun, Tobin Bell, Joanna Pacula, John de Lancie) – Classic Movie Review 9976

Director Craig R Baxley’s 1994 film Deep Red is an involving, exciting and well-handled Sci-Fi horror thriller, with plenty of ideas rattling around and strong performances to motor it. The writer and producer is D […]

Jun, 29 · in Reviews

The Deep Six ** (1958, Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Joey Bishop, Jeanette Nolan) – Classic Movie Review 9975

Director Rudolph Maté’s 1958 war drama adventure The Deep Six stars Alan Ladd as ‘Alec’ Austen, a World War Two Quaker naval lieutenant who loses the respect of his men through pacifist inaction, but regains […]

Jun, 29

Suddenly It’s Spring ** (1947, Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Macdonald Carey) – Classic Movie Review 9974

Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1947 comedy Suddenly It’s Spring stars Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Macdonald Carey and Arleen Whelan, and is based on the story Sentimental Journey by P J Wolfson. In an interesting gender-swap plotline, […]

Jun, 28

Kitty *** (1945, Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Patric Knowles) – Classic Movie Review 9973

Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1945 historical comedy drama stars Ray Milland as English lord Sir Hugh Marcy, who turns saucy common girl Kitty (Paulette Goddard) into a lady, in this amusing 18th-century My Fair Lady-style story. […]

Jun, 28

Shadey (1985, Antony Sher, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Macnee) – Classic Movie Review 9972

Anthony Sher stars in director Philip Saville’s grotesque and repellent 1985 British black comedy Shadey about a broke car mechanic, Oliver Shadey (Sher), who uses his mind-reading powers to pay for a sex-change operation. Fine […]

Jun, 28

The Kitchen Toto *** (1987, Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan, Edwin Mahinda) – Classic Movie Review 9971

Writer-director Harry Hook’s 1987 British drama The Kitchen Toto stars Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan and Edwin Mahinda. Mahinda plays a Kenyan boy called Mwangi, who is befriended by a British police chief, John Graham (Peck), […]

Jun, 28

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