Derek Winnert

Sparrows Can’t Sing **** (1963, James Booth, Barbara Windsor, Roy Kinnear, Avis Bunnage, Barbara Ferris, Brian Murphy, George Sewell, Murray Melvin, Arthur Mullard) – Classic Movie Review 8,595

The 1963 British kitchen sink comedy Sparrows Can’t Sing stars James Booth, Barbara Windsor, Roy Kinnear, Avis Bunnage, Barbara Ferris, and Brian Murphy, and is the only film directed by Joan Littlewood, bringing her stage hit to the […]

Jun, 16 · in Reviews

Diego Maradona **** (2019, Diego Armando Maradona, Claudia Villafañe, Corrado Ferlaino) – Movie Review

Director Asif Kapadia’s hugely enjoyable and informative sport documentary Diego Maradona (2019) gets on the case of an excellent story, and tells it exceptionally well. It is quite a rollercoaster ride, gripping throughout its 130 […]

Jun, 15 · in Uncategorized

Butley **** (1974, Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O’Callaghan, Susan Engel, Michael Byrne, Georgina Hale) – Classic Movie Review 8,594

‘His wife just left him for another man. And so did his boyfriend.’ Alan Bates gives a dazzling performance in director Harold Pinter’s brilliant 1973 drama film Butley, based on Simon Gray’s masterwork play. ‘His […]

Jun, 15

Men in Black: International * (2019, Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson) – Movie Review

Director F Gary Gray’s Men in Black: International (2019) is a weak and witless reboot, dumping the original cast, in which an American woman (Tessa Thompson) somehow pushes her way into the Men in Black […]

Jun, 14

Drum * (1976, Warren Oates, Ken Norton, Isela Vega, Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, John Colicos, Brenda Sykes, Paula Kelly, Fiona Lewis, Royal Dano) – Classic Movie Review 8593

Director Steve Carver’s 1976 movie Drum is an embarrassing, lurid, stop-at-nothing sequel to the 1975 Mandingo, based on the follow-up novel by Kyle Onstott, about the misadventures of an 1860 New Orleans whorehouse slave called […]

Jun, 14

Battle Beyond the Stars *** (1980, Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, John Saxon, George Peppard, Sam Jaffe) – Classic Movie Review 8592

Director Jimmy T Murakami’s 1980 movie Battle Beyond the Stars is a cheeky and entertaining slice of sci-fi from executive producer Roger Corman and New World Pictures, cheerfully mixing The Magnificent Seven with Star Wars. […]

Jun, 14

Android **** (1982, Klaus Kinski, Don Keith Opper, Brie Howard) – Classic Movie Review 8591

Director Aaron Lipstadt’s 1982 Android is a sprightly, enjoyable low-budget Roger Corman-produced reworking of themes and ideas that also appear in Blade Runner and numerous other sci-fi films of the late Seventies and early Eighties, […]

Jun, 14

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