Derek Winnert

The Irishman ***** (2019, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci) – Movie Review

Director Martin Scorsese is on fire for his 2019 mob crime thriller The Irishman – and so is his screen-writer Steven Zaillian, carving out a really brilliant, scintillating screenplay from Charles Brandt’s book. Even so, […]

Dec, 20 · in Reviews

London by Night *** (1937, George Murphy, Rita Johnson, Virginia Field, George Zucco, Leo G Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 9177

Kidnapping and blackmail are at the heart of a series of mysterious murders by an umbrella-wielding killer taking place in London during the dead of night, investigated by Scotland Yard policeman Inspector Jefferson (George Zucco) […]

Dec, 20 · in Reviews

London Can Take It! **** (1940, voice of Quentin Reynolds) – Classic Movie Review 9176

London Can Take It! (1940)  is a classic 10-minute documentary from ace British documentarians Humphrey Jennings and Harry Watt on the theme of a tribute to the bravery and resourcefulness of Londoners in the Blitz. […]

Dec, 20

Spare Time **** (1939, voice of Laurie Lee) – Classic Movie Review 9175

Spare Time (1939) is a classic 15-minute documentary from ace British documentarian Humphrey Jennings on the theme of what the British workers get up to in their spare time. The commentary is provided by the voice […]

Dec, 20

Spare the Rod *** (1961, Max Bygraves, Donald Pleasence, Geoffrey Keen) – Classic Movie Review 9174

Director Leslie Norman’s socially aware 1961 black and white film drama Spare the Rod is a sympathetic, involving exposé of the tough life in the British state schools of the day, with Donald Pleasence as […]

Dec, 19

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows! ** (1968, Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Binnie Barnes, Mary Wickes) – Classic Movie Review 9,173

Rosalind Russell stars again as the Mother Superior in the 1968 comedy sequel film Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows! Stella Stevens co-stars as a young nun who sympathises with the rebellious convent students. And where […]

Dec, 19

The Trouble with Angels ** (1966, Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, June Harding, Binnie Barnes, Mary Wickes) – Classic Movie Review 9,172

The 1966 comedy film The Trouble with Angels stars Hayley Mills and June Harding as naughty schoolgirls running wild in a Pennsylvanian Catholic convent boarding school, where canny Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell) tames and civilises […]

Dec, 19

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