Derek Winnert

Li’l Abner **** (1959, Peter Palmer, Leslie Parrish, Stubby Kaye, Billie Hayes, Howard St John, Stella Stevens, Julie Newmar) – Classic Movie Review 8934

Director Melvin Frank and producer Norman Panama’s 1959 Technicolor musical Li’l Abner is an extremely bright and breezy film version of the delightful 1956 Broadway show based on the comic strip by Al Capp’s comic […]

Sep, 23 · in Reviews

The Linguini Incident (1991, Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie, Eszter Balint) – Classic Movie Review 8933

Co-writer/ director Richard Shepard’s 1991 movie The Linguini Incident tries hard to be a freewheeling, chic comedy in the style of Desperately Seeking Susan. But, despite being bizarre, energetic and sometimes even inventive, it just […]

Sep, 23 · in Reviews

The Miseducation of Cameron Post **** (2018, Chloë Grace Moretz, Steven Hauck, Quinn Shephard, Kerry Butler, Dalton Harrod, McCabe Slye, Dale Soules, Sasha Lane, John Gallagher Jr, Emily Skeggs, Marin Ireland, Forrest Goodluck) – Classic Movie Review 8932

Co-writer/director Desiree Akhavan’s earnest, sincere and intelligent 2018 drama The Miseducation of Cameron Post, based on novel by Emily M Danforth, is an excellent move in the right direction by Chloë Grace Moretz as a […]

Sep, 23

Return to the Blue Lagoon ** (1991, Brian Krause, Milla Jovovich, Lisa Pelikan) – Classic Movie Review 8931

‘In a secluded paradise… surrounded by a coral sea, a boy and a girl grew up alone. Now they are experiencing the first awakenings of love. A love that can only be threatened… by discovery.’ […]

Sep, 23

The Light in the Forest ** (1958, Fess Parker, Wendell Corey, Joanne Dru, James MacArthur, Carol Lynley, Jessica Tandy, Joseph Calleia, John McIntire) – Classic Movie Review 8930

Director Herschel Daugherty’s earnest 1958 adventure movie The Light in the Forest tells an unsurprising Disney tale about Johnny Butler, a white boy who is abducted by Indians as a baby and brought up in […]

Sep, 22

Return to Peyton Place *** (1961, Carol Lynley, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 8929

Director José Ferrer’s attractively campy 1961 romantic drama follow-up Return to Peyton Place begins where Peyton Place left off. Eleanor Parker (as Connie Rossi) and Mary Astor (as a selfish mother, Mrs Roberta Carter) enliven […]

Sep, 22

The Revengers’ Comedies [Sweet Revenge] ** (1998, Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Martin Clunes, Steve Coogan) – Classic Movie Review 8928

Writer-director Malcolm Mowbray’s 1998 comedy The Revengers’ Comedies [Sweet Revenge] stars Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Martin Clunes, Steve Coogan, Anita Dobson, John Wood, Liz Smith, Charlotte Coleman and Adrian […]

Sep, 22

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