Derek Winnert

Streets of Gold ** (1986, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Adrian Pasdar, Wesley Snipes) – Classic Movie Review 9219

Only Klaus Maria Brandauer raises a real spark of interest in director Joe Roth’s superficial 1986 Rocky clone, Streets of Gold, based on a story by Dezso Magyar. He plays Alek Neuman, a Russian Jewish […]

Jan, 03 · in Reviews

Streets of Fire **** (1984, Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis) – Classic Movie Review 9218

Co-writer/ director Walter Hill (48 Hrs) takes a splendidly stylish, exciting and imaginative ride into Eighties pop-video land in his 1984 film Streets of Fire, starring Diane Lane as Ellen Aim, a rock and roll […]

Jan, 03 · in Reviews

Trottie True [The Gay Lady] *** (1949, Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair, Bill Owen, Andrew Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 9217

‘Don’t Miss This Miss… from her WINK to her MINK… this lady was GAY!’ Director Brian Desmond Hurst’s sentimental, entertaining and campy 1949 Edwardian era rags to riches musical romantic comedy Trottie True [The Gay […]

Jan, 02

Too Beautiful for You [Trop Belle Pour Toi!] *** (1989, Gérard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet) – Classic Movie Review 9216

Gérard Depardieu stars in the 1989 French romantic comedy drama film Too Beautiful for You [Trop Belle Pour Toi!] as Bernard Barthélémy, a car dealer with a comfy life, a lovely wife, Florence (Carole Bouquet), […]

Jan, 02

Trooper Hook *** (1957, Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman) – Classic Movie Review 9215

Director Charles Marquis Warren’s 1957 star-powered black and white action Western film Trooper Hook stars veteran stalwarts Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea. McCrea plays Sergeant Clovis Hook, who escorts Cora Sutliff (Stanwyck) and her half-breed […]

Jan, 02

Tropic Holiday ** (1938, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland) – Classic Movie Review 9214

Director Theodore Reed’s 1939 musical comedy Tropic Holiday stars Ray Milland as Hollywood film screenwriter Ken Warren, who, for sweet inspiration, travels to Mexico, where he falls for the lovely Manuela (Dorothy Lamour). Tropic Holiday […]

Jan, 02

Little Men ** (1934, Ralph Morgan, Erin O’Brien-Moore, Junior Durkin, Frankie Darro, Dickie Moore) – Classic Movie Review 9213

Louisa May Alcott’s novel (a semi-sequel to Little Women), gets a reasonable if undistinguished film treatment that eventually goes overboard on slush and gets way too heart tugging in director Phil Rosen’s 1934 film Little Men, […]

Jan, 01

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