Derek Winnert

That Certain Feeling * (1956, Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, George Sanders, Pearl Bailey) – Classic Movie Review 8362

Writer-producer-directors Norman Panama and Melvin Frank’s long forgotten 1956 Technicolor comedy That Certain Feeling at least has the great benefit of starring Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, George Sanders and Pearl Bailey. Hope plays Francis […]

Apr, 14 · in Uncategorized

That Certain Age *** (1938, Deanna Durbin, Melvyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, John Halliday, Nancy Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 8361

Director Edward Ludwig’s 1938 black and white comedy musical That Certain Age stars Deanna Durbin as rich, wholesome young Alice Fullerton, who develops a sudden passion for dashing, sophisticated older reporter Vincent Bullitt (Melvyn Douglas) after […]

Apr, 14 · in Reviews

Wild Rose **** (2018, Jessie Buckley, Julia Walters, Craig Parkinson, Sophie Okonedo, Bob Harris) – Movie Review

I really enjoyed Wild Rose. Jessie Buckley and Julia Walters are both great as Rose-Lynn Harlan, a Glasgow musician with dreams of becoming a Nashville country singer star, and her sad and world-weary mum Marion. […]

Apr, 14

Mid90s ** (2018, Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges) – Movie Review

Writer-director Jonah Hill’s intense and edgy 2018 coming of age drama Mid90s stars Sunny Suljic as out-of-control 13-year-old Stevie, a Nineties-era Los Angeles kid who spends his summer breaking away from his troubled home life with […]

Apr, 14

Hellboy *** (2019, David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Daniel Dae Kim) – Movie Review

Director Neil Marshall’s 2019 Hellboy is trashy but lusty, with plenty of guts and gore. Caught between supernatural and human worlds, the part-demon Hellboy re-connects with his human dad Professor Broom (and Ian McShane) and […]

Apr, 13

Breezy *** (1973, William Holden, Kay Lenz, Roger C Carmel) – Classic Movie Review 8360

Sometimes, very rarely, Clint Eastwood surprises audiences by showing that he can be in a romantic, much softer mood, as with The Bridges of Madison County. Here, back in 1973 the Eastwood-directed romance Breezy, with […]

Apr, 12

Sergeant Steiner [Breakthrough] *** (1979, Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Helmut Griem, Curd Jürgens, Robert Mitchum, Michael Parks, Klaus Löwitsch) – Classic Movie Review 8359

With Sam Peckinpah’s 1977 Cross of Iron judged a success, a sequel called Sergeant Steiner [aka Steiner – Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil, aka Breakthrough] was ordered in 1979, directed by Andrew V McLaglen. James […]

Apr, 12

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