Derek Winnert

Blinded by the Light *** (2019, Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Ganatra) – Movie Review –

Director Gurinder Chadha’s Blinded by the Light is a good-natured, often amusing and affecting musical comedy drama, inspired by the words and music of Bruce Springsteen, and set in the dark days of Margaret Thatcher’s […]

Aug, 21 · in Reviews

That’s Life! ** (1986, Jack Lemmon, Julie Andrews, Sally Kellerman) – Classic Movie Review 8850

Director Blake Edwards looks at his own life in his 1986 comedy drama That’s Life! and casts Jack Lemmon in the semi-autobiographical Edwards role of Harvey Fairchild, an affluent hypochondriac architect reaching his 60th birthday, […]

Aug, 21 · in Reviews

Vincent, François, Paul and the Others **** [Vincent, François, Paul… et les autres] (1974, Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani, Gérard Depardieu, Stéphane Audran) – Classic Movie Review 8849

Director Claude Sautet’s 1974 French drama Vincent, François, Paul and the Others [Vincent, François, Paul et les Autres] stars Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli and Serge Reggiani as Vincent, François and Paul, three longtime buddies who […]

Aug, 21

The Pink Panther Strikes Again **** (1976, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down) – Classic Movie Review 8848

Co-writer/ director Blake Edwards’s 1976 crime comedy sequel The Pink Panther Strikes Again brings Peter Sellers back once more as bumbling Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau, who helps Scotland Yard to find kidnapped scientist Dr Hugo […]

Aug, 20

Twelve Plus One [12 + 1] [The Thirteen Chairs] ** (1969, Sharon Tate, Vittorio Gassman, Orson Welles, Terry-Thomas, Lionel Jeffries, Tim Brooke-Taylor, William Rushton, Mylène Demongeot) – Classic Movie Review 8847

Co-writer/ director Nicholas Gessner’s 1969 Italian comedy Twelve Plus One [12 + 1] [The Thirteen Chairs] is an interesting but oddly unpersuasive piece, with a hesitant tone, but it is notable for the last screen […]

Aug, 20

Hearts of Fire ** (1987, Bob Dylan, Fiona Flanagan, Rupert Everett) – Classic Movie Review 8845

Director Richard Marquand’s 1987 Hearts of Fire features the irresistible paring of Bob Dylan and Rupert Everett. How great is that, and how unusual? And both of them singing, too, Dylan performing two of his […]

Aug, 20

Venom * (1981, Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles, Sterling Hayden, Susan George) – Classic Movie Review 8846

Snakes alive! Director Piers Haggard’s 1981 film Venom features half a dozen screen legends (Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles, Sterling Hayden, Susan George) stranded in a silly horror thriller movie without any […]

Aug, 20

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