Derek Winnert

Countdown *** (1967, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Joanna Moore) – Classic Movie Review 8569

Director Robert Altman concentrates more on human emotions than the special effects in his 1967 sci-fi  thriller Countdown and the result is always fascinating if a little earnest and uncommercial, though that isn’t necessarily a […]

Jun, 09 · in Reviews

That Cold Day in the Park **** (1969, Sandy Dennis, Michael Burns, Susanne Benton) – Classic Movie Review 8568

Director Robert Altman handles the strange psycho-pathological material in his fascinating 1969 psycho sexual drama That Cold Day in the Park meticulously and rigorously (and it foreshadows his other striking but less popular films like […]

Jun, 08 · in Reviews

That Sinking Feeling **** (1979, Robert Buchanan, Billy Greenlees, John Gordon Sinclair, John Hughes, Tom Mannion, Eddie Burt, Richard Demarco) – Classic Movie Review 8567

Writer-producer-director Bill Forsyth’s 1979 That Sinking Feeling is a bright, funny, light-hearted comedy in which four unemployed Glaswegian scallywag teens – Ronnie (Robert Buchanan), Wal (Billy Greenlees), Andy (John Gordon Sinclair) and Vic (John Hughes) […]

Jun, 08

That Lucky Touch ** (1975, Roger Moore, Susannah York, Shelley Winters, Lee J Cobb, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Raf Vallone, Sydne Rome, Donald Sinden) – Classic Movie Review 8566

Director Christopher Miles’s modestly engaging, lightweight 1975 romantic comedy That Lucky Touch stars Roger Moore as European arms dealer Michael Scott, who is courted by liberated lefty journalist Julia Richardson (Susannah York), who wants a […]

Jun, 08

Silk Stockings **** (1957, Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Peter Lorre, Janis Paige) – Classic Movie Review 8565

Director Rouben Mamoulian’s 1957 Silk Stockings is a smart and attractive musical remake of Greta Garbo’s 1939 comedy Ninotchka, this time with Fred Astaire at his effortless best in his last big MGM musical, and […]

Jun, 07

That’s Dancing! **** (1985, Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis Jr, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Liza Minnelli, Ray Bolger) – Classic Movie Review 8564

Director Jack Haley Jr’s 1985 history of dance documentary compilation feature That’s Dancing! is a kind of sequel to the 1974 That’s Entertainment!, with great clips from the Hollywood dance musicals, mostly MGM’s. Fast forward […]

Jun, 07

Up in Arms *** (1944, Danny Kaye, Dana Andrews, Dinah Shore) – Classic Movie Review 8563

Director Elliott Nugent’s 1944 Up in Arms is a remake by The Samuel Goldwyn Company of Eddie Cantor’s 1930 hit Whoopee! this time starring Danny Kaye in his cinema feature film début (after four shorts […]

Jun, 07

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