Derek Winnert

Marie [Marie: A True Story] ** (1985, Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka) – Classic Movie Review 9911

Director Roger Donaldson’s 1985 film Marie [Marie: A True Story] is a good-hearted, conscientious, but insufficiently rousing biopic plus political drama, with Sissy Spacek as Marie Ragghianti, a 1958 Nashville battered wife who rises in […]

Jun, 14 · in Reviews

Six-Five Special *** (1958, Lonnie Donegan, Dickie Valentine, Jim Dale, Petula Clark, John Barry, Dickie Valentine, Joan Regan) – Classic Movie Review 9910

Director Alfred Shaughnessy’s 1958 pop musical Six-Five Special [Calling All Cats] features Petula Clark, Lonnie Donegan, Cleo Laine, Johnny Dankworth, Jim Dale, John Barry, Dickie Valentine, Joan Regan and Russ Hamilton among many others. The […]

Jun, 14 · in Reviews

Best Revenge ** (1984, John Heard, Levon Helm, Alberta Watson) – Classic Movie Review 9909

Director John Trent’s 1984 Canadian film Best Revenge stars John Heard as Charlie, a small-time dealer who finds himself blackmailed and out of his depth, and joins Bo (Levon Helm) in Spain for a $4 […]

Jun, 14

Shy People **½ (1987, Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton) – Classic Movie Review 9908

The 1987 Shy People is Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky’s fourth film in the West, following Maria’s Lovers, Runaway Train and Duet for One. It is a semi-successful oddity, and boasts an excellent performance by Jill […]

Jun, 14

Maria’s Lovers ***½ (1984, Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum, Keith Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 9907

Director Andrei Konchalovsky’s 1984 drama Maria’s Lovers is a slow-moving but fascinating look at the effect of World War Two on a returning Yugoslav-American soldier Ivan Bibic (John Savage), who comes home to his Pittsburgh, […]

Jun, 14

Go for a Take [Double Take] * (1972, Reg Varney, Norman Rossington, Patrick Newell, Sue Lloyd, Dennis Price, Julie Ege) – Classic Movie Review 9906

Director Harry Booth’s 1972 British comedy Go for a Take [Double Take] stars Reg Varney from TV’s On the Buses, who goes for a change of pace as Wilfred Stone, a waiter chased by hoods […]

Jun, 13

Go Fish **** (1994, V S Brodie, Guinevere Turner, T Wendy McMillan) – Classic Movie Review 9905

Co-writer/director Rose Troche’s low-budget 1994 offbeat romantic comedy drama Go Fish is fresh, funny and frank. Co-written by the film’s star, Guinevere Turner, it is a groundbreaking, relevant movie celebrating lesbian culture with style and […]

Jun, 13

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