Derek Winnert

Mystery Train **** (1989, Masatoshi Nagase, Yûki Kudô, Nicoletta Braschi, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Joe Strummer, Rick Aviles, Steve Buscemi) – Classic Movie Review 8201

Cult favourite Jim Jarmusch directs the 1989 comedy drama Mystery Train, a portmanteau film of three seemingly unrelated stories that come together satisfyingly in the last reel with the characters linked by a Memphis hotel […]

Mar, 05 · in Reviews

The Wind Cannot Read *** (1958, Dirk Bogarde, Yôko Tani, John Fraser, Ronald Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 8200

‘2000 Years of Tradition Said “No!” To Their Love – But Nothing Could Stop It From Happening!’ Director Ralph Thomas’s 1958 British wartime romantic drama The Wind Cannot Read stars Dirk Bogarde at his most […]

Mar, 05 · in Reviews

Windbag the Sailor *** (1936, Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Norma Varden) – Classic Movie Review 8199

Director William Beaudine’s 1936 British comedy Windbag the Sailor stars Will Hay in his first teaming with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. The beloved trio of comics try hard with a moderate script and character […]

Mar, 05

Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore ** (1983, vocals by Hal Smith, Ralph Wright, Laurie Main, John Fiedler, Will Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 8198

Producer-director Rick Reinert’s 25-minute 1983 animated featurette Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore is the cuddly fifth cartoon short – the fourth and final of Disney’s original theatrical featurettes  – in the Walt […]

Mar, 04

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree *** (1966, voices of Sterling Holloway, Junius Matthews, Hal Smith) – Classic Movie Review 8197

Director Wolfgang Reitherman’s 1966 30-minute Walt Disney Productions featurette Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree is a neatly made, appealing, Americanised version of the A A Milne classic, in which Pooh Bear borrows Christopher Robin’s […]

Mar, 04

Winning **** (1969, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner, Richard Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 8196

Director James Goldstone’s little-known 1969 sport action drama Winning is a happy occasion for Paul Newman, who gets to follow his real-life hobby on screen – racing driving – and to act again with his […]

Mar, 04

Escape from the Dark [The Littlest Horse Thieves] **** (1976, Alastair Sim, Peter Barkworth, Maurice Colbourne) – Classic Movie Review 8,195

Disney’s impeccable 1976 British children’s film Escape from the Dark [The Littlest Horse Thieves] is set in a Yorkshire mining village in 1909, and stars Alastair Sim, Peter Barkworth and Maurice Colbourne. ‘Three Daring Adventurers! […]

Mar, 04

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