Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Nuovo Olimpo **** (2023, Damiano Gavino, Andrea Di Luigi, Luisa Ranieri, Greta Scarano, Aurora Giovinazzo) – Classic Movie Review 12,710

In late 1970s Rome, two 25-year-old men meet by chance in the street and then in the Nuovo Olimpo cinema, and fall instantly in love. Aspiring film director Enea (Damiano Gavino) and medical student Pietro […]

Nov, 05 · in Reviews

Tu me manques [I Miss You] **** (2019, Oscar Martínez, Fernando Barbosa, Rossy de Palma, Reyes Antelo, Erwin Berzain) – Classic Movie Review 12,709

A Bolivian father seeks out and confronts his late son’s ex-boyfriend. Rodrigo Bellott’s 2019 Bolivian drama film Tu me manques [I Miss You] is especially thought-provoking and moving. A Bolivian father seeks out and confronts […]

Nov, 04 · in Reviews

Masquerade *** (1965, Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins, Charles Gray, Bill Fraser, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli) – Classic Movie Review 12,708

Basil Dearden’s lively tongue-in-cheek 1965 British comedy spy thriller film Masquerade is based on Victor Canning’s novel Castle Minerva, and stars Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins, Charles Gray, Bill Fraser, Marisa Mell, and Michel Piccoli. Director […]

Nov, 04

What a Crazy World *** (1963, Joe Brown, Susan Maughan, Marty Wilde) – Classic Movie Review 12,707

Producer/ director Michael Carreras’s cheery, lively, good-natured 1963 British pop musical What a Crazy World stars Joe Brown, Susan Maughan and Marty Wilde, with Freddie and the Dreamers. This bright but daft musical has its […]

Nov, 04

Military Wives *** (2019, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Jason Flemyng, Greg Wise) – Classic Movie Review 12,706

Director Peter Cattaneo’s 2019 feel-good British comedy drama Military Wives is an excellent, crowd-pleasing entertainment, with a strong central idea and a well chosen cast on good form. It stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, […]

Nov, 04

The Time Travelers *** (1964, Preston Foster, Philip Carey, Merry Anders, John Hoyt, Joan Woodbury, Steve Franken) – Classic Movie Review 12,705

Ib Melchior’s 1964 film The Time Travelers is a thoughtful and often exciting sci-fi movie, in which Dr Erik von Steiner (Preston Foster), Dr Steve Connors (Philip Carey) and Carol White (Merry Anders) travel ahead […]

Nov, 04

The Second Victory ** (1987, Anthony Andrews, Helmut Griem, Max von Sydow, Mario Adorf, Birgit Doll, Renée Soutendijk, Richard Morant, Wolfgang Preiss) – Classic Movie Review 12,704

The 1987 film The Second Victory stars Anthony Andrews, who coasts smoothly through this professionally crafted, old-fashioned intrigue thriller as Major Hanlon, a British Army officer conducting a manhunt after his sergeant is killed by […]

Nov, 01

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