Derek Winnert

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 · in Reviews

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 ***½ (1990, Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Jerry Hardin) – Classic Movie Review 8,214

Dennis Hopper’s sultry, steamy 1990 neo noir thriller The Hot Spot stars Don Johnson as a drifter who takes a job as a car salesman, and is attracted to a loan-office woman (Jennifer Connelly), but […]

Mar, 08

Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion ** (1965, Marshall Thompson, Betsy Drake, Richard Haydn) – Classic Movie Review 8213

Director Andrew Marton’s 1965 children’s and family comedy adventure movie Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion is the pilot for the 89 episode Sixties TV show Daktari (1966–1969), which was given a cinema release. Marshall Thompson stars […]

Mar, 07

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