Derek Winnert

Hotel Paradiso ** (1966, Gina Lollobrigida, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Peggy Mount) – Classic Movie Review 8219

Alec Guinness stars in director Peter Glenville’s 1966 British comedy Hotel Paradiso as mild Benedict Boniface, who wants to have a fling with his lovely neighbour Marcelle Cot (Gina Lollobrigida). She is being neglected by […]

Mar, 09 · in Reviews

The Hotel New Hampshire *** (1984, Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Paul McCrane, Beau Bridges, Nastassja Kinski, Wallace Shawn, Wilford Brimley, Matthew Modine) – Classic Movie Review 8218

Director Tony Richardson’s 1984 The Hotel New Hampshire is an uneven but generally engaging version of the John Irving bestseller about a strange family and their adventures in America and Europe. It boasts a grand, […]

Mar, 09 · in Reviews

The Entity *** (1982, Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa) – Classic Movie Review 8218

Director Sidney J Furie’s underrated 1983 The Entity stars Barbara Hershey as a single-mom psychiatrist called Carla Moran who thinks she is dreaming up the thing – an unseen presence or invisible demon – that […]

Mar, 09

Audrey Rose *** (1977, Anthony Hopkins, Marsha Mason, John Beck) – Classic Movie Review 8217

Director Robert Wise’s 1977 fantasy horror thriller Audrey Rose is based on the novel by Frank DeFelitta and stars Anthony Hopkins, who gives a believable performance as Elliot Hoover, a man who is convinced that […]

Mar, 08

Raise the Titanic * (1980, Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Alec Guinness, Anne Archer, J D Cannon, M Emmet Walsh, Bo Brundin, Norman Bartold) – Classic Movie Review 8216

Director Jerry Jameson’s sluggish 1980 action adventure thriller Raise the Titanic was a titanic disaster for producer Lord Lew Grade that sank his production company ITC Films in the murky waters of the huge debt […]

Mar, 08

The House Across the Bay *** (1940, George Raft, Joan Bennett, Lloyd Nolan) – Classic Movie Review 8215

Director Archie Mayo’s 1940 black and white thriller The House Across the Bay stars George Raft as club boss Steve Larwitt, who is sent to jail for 10 years in Alcatraz for income tax evasion […]

Mar, 08

The Hot Spot *** (1990, Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Jerry Hardin) – Classic Movie Review 8214

‘There are only two things to do in this small town. One is watching TV.’ Director Dennis Hopper’s involving 1990 erotic violent neo noir thriller The Hot Spot stars a well-cast Don Johnson as Harry […]

Mar, 08

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