Derek Winnert

Corruption (1968, Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Noel Trevarthen) – Classic Movie Review 9965

‘Corruption Is Not A Woman’s Picture! Therefore: No Woman Will Be Admitted Alone To See This Super-Shock Film!’ You probably couldn’t get away with that now. You also probably couldn’t get away with Corruption (1968). […]

Jun, 27 · in Reviews

Her Cardboard Lover ** (1942, Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, George Sanders) – Classic Movie Review 9964

Director George Cukor’s 1942 MGM black and white romantic comedy Her Cardboard Lover stars Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor and George Sanders. It proved the final film of Norma Shearer, one-time ‘The First Lady of MGM’ or […]

Jun, 26 · in Reviews

Only the Animals [Seules les bêtes] ***½ (2019, Denis Ménochet, Laure Calamy, Damien Bonnard)

Tragedy stalks the French countryside in director Dominik Moll’s 2019 thriller Only the Animals [Seules les bêtes], as Agatha Christie meets Claude Chabrol in an ingenious and engrossing, if highly unlikely yarn. The Christie bit […]

Jun, 26

We Were One Man [Nous Etions Un Seule Homme] **** (1979, Serge Avedikian, Piotr Stanislas, Catherine Albin, Lucien Guérin) – Classic Movie Review 9,963

A French peasant rescues a wounded German soldier and nurses him back to health, and their camaraderie turns into a deep bond, in the splendid 1979 French gay romantic drama movie We Were One Man […]

Jun, 26

We Were Dancing ** (1942, Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 9962

Norma Shearer rejected starring in Mrs Miniver while making director Robert Z Leonard’s 1942 featherweight black and white drawing room comedy We Were Dancing, loosely based on one of Noël Coward’s Tonight at 8.30 short […]

Jun, 26

We Were Strangers *** (1949, Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz, Ramon Novarro, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 9961

Director John Huston’s 1949 We Were Strangers stars John Garfield as Tony Fenner, who helps a 1930s Cuba plot to overthrow the tyrannical and despotic government of President Machado by blowing up a cemetery at […]

Jun, 26

Son of Godzilla [Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko] * (1967, Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo, Beverly Maeda) – Classic Movie Review 9960

Son of Godzilla [Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko] (1967) is the second of five films in the series directed by Jun Fukuda (1923–2000). Another island themed Japanese kaiju film adventure, it is the eighth film […]

Jun, 26

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