Derek Winnert

The Card [The Promoter] *** (1952, Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Petula Clark, Valerie Hobson, Edward Chapman) – Classic Movie Review 8597

Director Ronald Neame’s 1952 British black and white comedy The Card [The Promoter] stars Alec Guinness, who comes up trumps (did he ever give a poor performance?) as opportunist entrepreneur Edward Henry ‘Denry’ Machin, the […]

Jun, 16 · in Reviews

Barnacle Bill [All at Sea] *** (1957, Irene Browne, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, Maurice Denham) – Classic Movie Review 8596

Director Charles Frend’s good-humoured little Ealing Studios 1957 black and white comedy film Barnacle Bill [All at Sea] stars Alec Guinness as seasick sailor Captain William Horatio Ambrose, who buys a seaside hotel (which he […]

Jun, 16 · in Reviews

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

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

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

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