Derek Winnert

The Proud Rebel *** (1958, Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger, David Ladd) – Classic Movie Review 10,035

Alan Ladd and his 11-year-old son David Ladd star together in director Michael Curtiz’s warm and involving 1958 family film The Proud Rebel about the lives of a father, John Chandler (Alan Ladd), and his […]

Jul, 14 · in Reviews

The Promise ** (1969, John Castle, Ian McKellen, Susan Macready) – Classic Movie Review 10,034

Writer-director Michael Hayes’s 1969 British romantic drama film The Promise is a low-budget (less than £200,000) record of a startling and intelligent evening in the theatre in the Sixties, though alas only Ian McKellen remains of […]

Jul, 14 · in Reviews

Proof **** (1991, Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe) – Classic Movie Review 10,033

Writer-director Jocelyn Moorhouse’s 1991 Proof stars Hugo Weaving as Martin, a blind 30-something photographer who is cared for by housekeeper Celia (Geneviève Picot), who behaves spitefully towards him when he does not return her love. A […]

Jul, 13

Project X *** (1968, Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones) – Classic Movie Review 10,032

‘It Happened In This Universe A Long Time Ahead, The Year 2118.’ Cult producer-director William Castle’s 1968 sci-fi mystery movie Project X weaves a complex tale of Hagen Arnold (Christopher George), an American spy in […]

Jul, 13

Project X *** (1987, Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, William Sadler, Willie) Classic Movie Review 10,031

Matthew Broderick gets up to monkey business in Jonathan Kaplan’s 1987 sci-fi comedy thriller Project X. Matthew Broderick’s follow-up to his big hit Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) went straight to video in Britain after […]

Jul, 13

Promised Land *** (1987, Jason Gedrick, Kiefer Sutherland, Meg Ryan, Tracy Pollan, Deborah Richter) – Classic Movie Review 10,030

Writer-director Michael Hoffman’s 1987 drama Promised Land [Young Hearts] is a deeply pessimistic film that shows the bleak side of small-town US and suggests that the American Dream is one big lie. After leaving high […]

Jul, 12

The Proud and Profane *** (1956, William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter) – Classic Movie Review 10,029

The, er, fairly entertaining 1956 World War Two Pacific Island romantic drama film The Proud and Profane gets a lift from stars William Holden, Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter.  Director George Seaton’s 1956 World War […]

Jul, 12

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