Derek Winnert

The River Rat *** (1984, Tommy Lee Jones, Brian Dennehy, Martha Plimpton) – Classic Movie Review 9655

Writer-director Thomas [Tom] Rickman’s powerful 1984 Mississippi-set drama The River Rat is all about the growing love between Billy McCain (Tommy Lee Jones) and his plucky 12-year-old daughter Jonsy (Martha Plimpton), who meet for the […]

Apr, 19 · in Reviews

Murder Is Easy *** (1982, Bill Bixby, Lesley-Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland, Helen Hayes) – Classic Movie Review 9,654

The 1982 crime mystery thriller film Murder Is Easy stars Bill Bixby, Lesley-Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland and Helen Hayes in an atmospheric and good-looking adaptation of a complex 1939 Agatha Christie novel. Director Claude […]

Apr, 19 · in Reviews

Murder with Mirrors *** (1985, Helen Hayes, Bette Davis, John Mills, Leo McKern, Dorothy Tutin, Tim Roth) – Classic Movie Review 9653

Veteran stars Helen Hayes (aged 85) and Bette Davis (aged 77 and returning to filming after a serious stroke that impaired her appearance and mobility) make their first appearance together in director Dick Lowry’s 1985 […]

Apr, 19

Ever in My Heart **** (1933, Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger, Ralph Bellamy) – Classic Movie Review 9652

Director Archie Mayo’s 1933 romantic drama Ever in My Heart finds Barbara Stanwyck on top tragic form as Mary Archer, who marries foreign – German! – academic Hugo Wilbrandt (Otto Kruger) pre-World War One. Hugo […]

Apr, 19

The Cariboo Trail *** (1950, Randolph Scott, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Bill Williams, Karin Booth, Victor Jory) Classic Movie Review 9651

‘Between majestic mountains and frozen waste lay The Cariboo Trail… gateway to gold, greed and glory!’ Director Edwin L Marin 1950 film The Cariboo Trail is a good-looking gold-mining Western, set in Canada’s British Columbia, […]

Apr, 19

A Caribbean Mystery *** (1983, Helen Hayes, Barnard Hughes, Jameson Parker) – Classic Movie Review 9650

Director Robert Michael Lewis’s 1983 TV movie A Caribbean Mystery stars Helen Hayes, who successfully takes on the part of Miss Jane Marple at the age of 83 for an excellent Agatha Christie mystery. Miss […]

Apr, 18

Decadence ** (1994, Joan Collins, Steven Berkoff, Christopher Biggins, Michael Winner, Marc Sinden) – Classic Movie Review 9649

The 1994 comedy drama Decadence is, as the poster says, ‘degenerate and disgusting’, but alas perhaps it is not also ‘deliciously funny’ as advertised, though it does have a certain oddball fascination, and its two […]

Apr, 18

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