Derek Winnert

Alex in Wonderland ** (1970, Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn, Meg Mazursky) – Classic Movie Review 8789

Talented co-writer/ director Paul Mazursky comes a bit of a cropper trying for a too-smart in-joke homage to Federico Fellini (and his similarly themed 8½) in his 1970 self-referential comedy Alex in Wonderland about a […]

Aug, 03 · in Reviews

Animals *** (2019, Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat, Fra Fee, Dermot Murphy, Amy Molloy) – Movie Review

Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat star in the 2019 comedy drama Animals as Laura and Tyler, wild hedonistic, super-close best friends, who have enjoyed a decade of carefree times in Dublin with endless happy days […]

Aug, 02 · in Reviews

Outcast of the Islands *** (1951, Ralph Richardson, Trevor Howard, Robert Morley, Wendy Hiller, Kerima) – Classic Movie Review 8788

Thanks mainly to Trevor Howard’s commanding performance, producer-director Carol Reed has some success in his 1951 adventure Outcast of the Islands filming Joseph Conrad’s novel about a corrupt clerk who fails in his Singapore job […]

Aug, 02

North Sea Hijack [ffolkes] *** (1980, Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins, Michael Parks, David Hedison, Jack Watson, George Baker, Faith Brook, David Wood) – Classic Movie Review 8787

Director Andrew V McLaglen’s 1980 North Sea Hijack [ffolkes] stars Roger Moore, who leads the comic-book capers as Ffolkes, an oddball freelance frogman-commando with ice-cool nerve and style (he loves cats, ignores women and does […]

Aug, 02

I Wanted Wings ** (1941, Ray Milland, William Holden, Wayne Morris, Brian Donlevy, Constance Moore, Harry Davenpor) – Classic Movie Review 8786

Veronica Lake stars as Sally Vaughn, who vamps her way into the affections of three US Army Air Corps air cadets – wealthy playboy Jeff Young (Ray Milland), college jock Al Ludlow (William Holden) and […]

Aug, 02

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw ** (2019, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby) – Movie Review

Director David Leitch presents Hobbs & Shaw (2019), a spin-off movie that has little connection with the Fast & Furious series, and is basically a stand-alone action thriller. A series hijacker, it is Vin Diesel’s […]

Aug, 01

I Want You ** (1951, Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger, Peggy Dow) – Classic Movie Review 8784

Director Mark Robson’s 1951 drama I Want You is producer Samuel Goldwyn’s attempt to update themes from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) in order to examine the way the Korean War affects an […]

Aug, 01

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