Derek Winnert

Speechless *** (1994, Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Christopher Reeve) – Classic Movie Review 9247

[Spoiler alert] The vivacious personalities of Michael Keaton and Geena Davis greatly enliven director Ron Underwood’s engaging, unfairly UK straight-to-video 1994 romantic comedy Speechless, about two rival political speech-writers who find that opposites attract, fighting […]

Jan, 09 · in Reviews

The Accidental Tourist **** (1988, William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis) – Classic Movie Review 9246

Director Lawrence Kasdan’s sweet and moving 1988 film The Accidental Tourist stars William Hurt as successful Baltimore travel guide writer Macon Leary, alone, withdrawn and unhappy after his son is accidentally killed in a robbery […]

Jan, 09 · in Reviews

Each Dawn I Die **** (1939, James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan) – Classic Movie Review 9,245

Warner Bros’ typically punchy 1939 film noir crime melodrama Each Dawn I Die stars James Cagney as a reporter framed by a corrupt DA and jailed for manslaughter. He is uniquely paired with George Raft […]

Jan, 09

The Eagle **** (2011, Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland) – Classic Movie Review 9244

Director Kevin Macdonald’s exciting period action adventure drama The Eagle (2011) is sterling stuff, with Channing Tatum unexpectedly but well employed as young Roman centurion Marcus Aquila, who arrives in Roman-ruled Britain in 140 AD, […]

Jan, 09

The Eagle **** (1925, Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, Louise Dresser) – Classic Movie Review 9243

For his penultimate film, director Clarence Brown’s 1925 The Eagle, Rudolph Valentino plays Lieutenant Vladimir Dubrovsky, a Russian Cossack officer who disguises himself as an outlaw called The Black Eagle to avenge his father’s murder. […]

Jan, 09

The Earth Dies Screaming ** (1964, Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price, Thorley Walters) – Classic Movie Review 9242

Director Terence Fisher’s 1964 British sci-fi horror quickie The Earth Dies Screaming is cheap and cheerful. [Spoiler alert] Robots have turned most folk in England into zombies. Well we knew all this telly watching wouldn’t […]

Jan, 08

Earth Girls Are Easy *** (1988, Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey) – Classic Movie Review 9241

Director Julien Temple’s 1988 Earth Girls Are Easy stars Geena Davis as scatty Southern California manicurist Valerie Dale, who has a close encounter with three hairy extra-terrestrials who crash-land in her swimming pool, and in […]

Jan, 08

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