Derek Winnert

Misbehaviour *** (2020, Keira Knightley, Jessie Buckley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Rhys Ifans, Greg Kinnear, Lesley Manville, Keeley Hawes) – Movie Review

MISBEHAVIOUR is enjoyable and good. Keira Knightley is well employed as Sally Alexander and Rhys Ifans is very funny as Eric Morley. Director Philippa Lowthorpe’s historical drama Misbehaviour is enjoyable and good. It tells the […]

Mar, 10 · in Reviews

I Accuse! ** (1958, José Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors, Emlyn Williams, Leo Genn) – 2020 Classic Movie Review 9493

Director José Ferrer’s 1958 historical biographical drama I Accuse! tells the story of the 1894 Alfred Dreyfus treason case, in which the innocent Jewish French army captain is is falsely accused of spying for Germany […]

Mar, 10 · in Uncategorized

Strictly Sinatra ** (2001, Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald, Brian Cox, Alun Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 9,492

Ian Hart from Liverpool manages a decent Scots accent and a nifty vocal impression of Frank Sinatra, as Toni Cocozza, a Scottish-Italian club crooner obsessed with Ol’ Blue Eyes, in writer-director Peter Capaldi’s 2001 British drama […]

Mar, 10

Napoleon and Samantha *** (1972, Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Johnny Whitaker, Will Geer) – Classic Movie Review 9491

Director Bernard McEveety’s 1973 children’s movie Napoleon and Samantha stars youngsters Johnny Whitaker and Jodie Foster as 11-year old Napoleon and his friend Samantha, who take off with their best pal Major the Lion in […]

Mar, 09

Mr Quilp [The Old Curiosity Shop] *** (1975, Anthony Newley, David Hemmings, David Warner, Michael Hordern) – Classic Movie Review 9490

After putting songs and smiles to Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer in 1973 and Huckleberry Finn in 1974, Reader’s Digest Films try the format on Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop. Director Michael Tuchner’s 1975 Mr […]

Mar, 09

The Hucksters *** (1947, Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn, Edward Arnold) – Classic Movie Review 9489

Director Jack Conway’s 1947 MGM black and white romantic comedy drama The Hucksters stars a notable line-up in Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn and Edward Arnold, and is based […]

Mar, 09

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn *** (1939, Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley) – Classic Movie Review 9488

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1939 MGM movie The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Huckleberry Finn] is a very pleasant, pacey version of the Mark Twain classic, with lively Mickey Rooney as Huckleberry Finn and black star Rex […]

Mar, 09

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