Derek Winnert

Mr Topaze *** (1961, Peter Sellers, Nadia Gray, Herbert Lom, Leo McKern) – Classic Movie Review 9517

Peter Sellers directs himself in the 1961 British comedy Mr Topaze, starring in an old role previously played by John Barrymore in Topaze back in 1933, as an upright French school teacher fired when he […]

Mar, 16 · in Reviews

Iron Will *** (1994, Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers) – Classic Movie Review 9516

Director Charles Haid’s 1994 adventure drama Iron Will stars Mackenzie Astin (brother of Sean Astin) as Will Stoneman, an American farm boy who bids to win a 500-mile dog sled race to get the money […]

Mar, 16 · in Reviews

Shivers [They Came from Within] *** (1975, Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Barbara Steele) – Classic Movie Review 9515

The infamous 1975 David Cronenberg Canadian science fiction body horror film shocker Shivers [They Came from Within] is his breakthrough third movie, following Stereo and Crimes of the Future and preceding Rabid (1977). It stars […]

Mar, 16

Rabid **** (1977, Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver) – Classic Movie Review 9,514

David Cronenberg’s shocking, decadent and disturbing fourth movie, the 1977 Rabid, is one of the key horror films of the Seventies. Writer-director David Cronenberg’s deeply shocking, decadent and disturbing fourth movie, the 1977 film Rabid […]

Mar, 16

The Rachel Papers *** (1989, Dexter Fletcher, Ione Skye, Jonathan Pryce, James Spader) – Classic Movie Review 9,513

The 1989 British romantic drama The Rachel Papers with Dexter Fletcher and Ione Skye is a reasonably attractive film version of Martin Amis’s funny, bawdy 1973 first novel. Writer-director Damian Harris’s 1989 British romantic drama […]

Mar, 16

Rachel and the Stranger **** (1948, Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 9,512

The 1948 Western film Rachel and the Stranger stars Robert Mitchum as Indian scout Jim, who visits a backwoods cabin in the 1820s and falls for purchased bride Rachel (Loretta Young), whose jealous husband Big […]

Mar, 16

Desperate Moment ** (1953, Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Philip Friend, Albert Lieven) – Classic Movie Review 9511

Director Compton Bennett’s mostly creaky and feeble 1953 British black and white crime melodrama Desperate Moment largely wastes the bright talents of the young and beautiful Mai Zetterling and Dirk Bogarde. In Berlin after World […]

Mar, 15

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