Derek Winnert

The Long Gray Line *** (1955, Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara, Robert Francis) – Classic Movie Review 9431

John Ford’s 1955 biopic The Long Gray Line is a rambling, amiable, catch-in-the-throat toast to West Point coach Marty Maher (Tyrone Power) and his 50 years at the renowned military academy. An apparently well-cast Power […]

Feb, 26 · in Reviews

Memoirs of an Invisible Man ** (1992, Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill) – Classic Movie Review 9430

Director John Carpenter’s 1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man is a shaky but tolerable special effects-led comedy action thriller revision of the 1933 Claude Rains classic The Invisible Man that casts the wrong star in […]

Feb, 25 · in Reviews

Cleopatra Jones *** (1973, Tamara Dobson, Shelley Winters, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes, Antonio Fargas) – Classic Movie Review 9429

‘If you haven’t seen Cleo, you haven’t seen the chick who tops ’em all… She’s 6’2″‘ Director Jack Starrett’s robust 1973 blaxploitation action crime thriller stars Tamara Dobson as Cleopatra Jones, a karate-kicking CIA agent […]

Feb, 25

Be Big! *** (1931, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy) – Classic Movie Review 9428

‘Mr Hardy is a man of great care, caution and discretion – Mr Laurel is married too.’ ‘No man is bigger than the excuses he makes to his wife. So Be Big!’ Director James Parrott’s […]

Feb, 25

Behold a Pale Horse *** (1964, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif) – Classic Movie Review 9427

Director Fred Zinnemann’s 1964 Behold a Pale Horse is a high-class, but low-involvement post-Spanish Civil War drama, afflicted by much miscasting, but with dignified acting none the less. Zinnemann was probably most interested in the […]

Feb, 25

The Strawberry Statement *** (1970, Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, Bud Cort) – Classic Movie Review 9426

Director Stuart Hagmann’s 1970 drama The Strawberry Statement is an interesting, extremely well-acted but uneasy and hesitant college confrontation youth movie with an excitingly staged violent clash between students and the authorities at the climax. […]

Feb, 24

Believe in Me *** (1971, Michael Sarrazin, Jacqueline Bisset, Jon Cypher, Allen Garfield) – Classic Movie Review 9425

Director Stuart Hagmann’s 1971 drama Believe in Me stars Michael Sarrazin and Jacqueline Bisset. Sarrazin was in a relationship for seven years (1967–1974) with Bisset, whom he met while making The Sweet Ride (1968). Hagmann, the director […]

Feb, 24

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