Derek Winnert

Little Women ** (2019, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep) – Movie Review

Little Women (2019) is nominated for six Oscars and five Baftas, but it is an over-earnest, plodding and underwhelming movie, with writer-director Greta Gerwig struggling to make Louisa May Alcott’s novel more ‘modern’ and ‘relevant’ […]

Jan, 14 · in Reviews

Adoring [Chong ai] *** (2019, Wallace Chung, Beibi Gong, Landi Li) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Larry Yang’s always likeable, often charming Chinese multi-story comedy drama Adoring [Chong ai] (2019) is a happy New Year movie intertwining half a dozen stories about pets and their owners. Oh, good heavens, […]

Jan, 14 · in Uncategorized

A Perfect World *** (1993, Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T J Lowther) – Classic Movie Review 9260

Producer-director Clint Eastwood’s A Perfect World (1993) is well made and decently paced as a crime thriller entertainment, though it is not as exciting or evocative as the similar Hunted (1952), Badlands, The Sugarland Express […]

Jan, 14

The Secret Garden *** (1949, Margaret O’Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester) – Classic Movie Review 9259

Director Fred M Wilcox’s 1949 The Secret Garden stars Margaret O’Brien as little orphan Mary Lennox, who lives with grouchy uncle Archibald Craven (Herbert Marshall) and makes everything in the garden come up roses. She […]

Jan, 14

The Stripper ** (1963, Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Carol Lynley, Robert Webber) – Classic Movie Review 9258

Director Franklin J Schaffner’s 1963 romantic drama The Stripper [Woman of Summer] stars the always-admirable Joanne Woodward, who builds up an ungrateful role as Lila Green, a washed-up showgirl/ struggling actress who is dumped by […]

Jan, 13

Something to Sing About ** (1937, James Cagney, Evelyn Daw, William Frawley, Mona Barrie, Gene Lockhart) – Classic Movie Review 9257

Director Victor Schertzinger’s 1937 Something to Sing About stars James Cagney in a small-studio musical about an American East Coast dancing bandleader, Terry Rooney (Cagney), trying his luck at the movies. But, when a Hollywood […]

Jan, 13

Waco ** (1966, Howard Keel, Jane Russell, Brian Donlevy, Wendell Corey, John Smith, Terry Moore) – Classic Movie Review 9256

‘Ain’t much wind to speak of, so the stink can’t be blowing in from the stables!’ – Waco Director R G Springsteen’s 1966 Western film Waco stars Howard Keel as tough gunfighter cowboy Waco, who […]

Jan, 13

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