Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Doss House *** (1933, Frank Cellier, Arnold Bell, Herbert Franklyn) – Classic Movie Review 12,338

Director John Baxter’s 1933 film Doss House is a surprising British Thirties social-conscience crime thriller melodrama movie, starring Frank Cellier, Arnold Bell and Herbert Franklyn. It gains marks for its realistic doss-house background and for […]

Oct, 28 · in Reviews

Boys [Jongens] **** (2014, Gijs Blom, Ko Zandvliet, Jonas Smulders, Ton Kas) – Classic Movie Review 12,337

Gijs Blom stars in the exceptional 2014 coming-of-age romantic drama Boys [Jongens] as Dutch gay teen athlete Sieg, who finds an unexpected sexual awakening with his relay race teammate Marc. Gijs Blom stars in the […]

Oct, 24 · in Reviews

Picture Mommy Dead ** (1966, Don Ameche, Martha Hyer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Susan Gordon, Maxwell Reed, Signe Hasso, Wendell Corey, Anna Lee) – Classic Movie Review 12,336

Hedy Lamarr was dumped when she collapsed from nervous exhaustion during filming the 1966 horror thriller Picture Mommy Dead, and was replaced by Zsa Zsa Gabor. Daddy Edward Shelley (Don Ameche)’s new wife Francene (Martha […]

Oct, 23

Hold That Ghost *** (1941, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Joan Davis, Richard Carlson, Andrews Sisters, Evelyn Ankers, Shemp Howard, Ted Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 12,335

Director Arthur Lubin’s 1941 Universal Pictures black and white haunted house slapstick comedy Hold That Ghost stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in what is perhaps their liveliest frolic. They are ably supported by Joan […]

Oct, 23

The Way He Looks [Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho] **** (2014, Ghilherme Lobo, Fábio Audi, Tess Amorim) – Classic Movie Review 12,334

Ghilherme Lobo plays a São Paulo blind high school kid struggling with his independence. His whole world changes with the arrival of new student Gabriel. The 2014 Brazilian gay film The Way He Looks is […]

Oct, 22

Bros *** (2022, Luke Macfarlane, Billy Eichner, Ts Madison, Guy Branum, Eve Lindley) – Classic Movie Review 12,333

One of the first major studio gay romantic comedies flops after homophobic review bombing on IMDb. Co-writer/ director Nicholas Stoller’s 2022 American romantic comedy movie Bros is a brash, buoyant and funny gay romcom, in which […]

Oct, 21

The Diary of Anne Frank *** (1980, Melissa Gilbert, Maximilian Schell, Joan Plowright, Doris Roberts, James Coco, Scott Jacoby, Clive Revill) – Classic Movie Review 12,332

Melissa Gilbert is excellent as Anne Frank in director Boris Sagal’s strongly cast, stalwart, moving 1980 TV movie remake of the 1959 feature film The Diary of Anne Frank. It re-tells the real-life story of […]

Oct, 20

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