Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Recent Posts

Rainbow Valley ** (1935, John Wayne, Lucile Browne, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Jay Wilsey, LeRoy Mason) – Classic Movie Review 7152

John Wayne stars in Rainbow Valley (1935) as John Martin, who is revealed as a government undercover agent by gunman bad guy Butch Galt (Buffalo Bill Jr, aka Jay Wilsey), in director Robert N Bradbury’s modest, quickly […]

Jun, 11 · in Reviews

Paradise Canyon ** (1935, John Wayne, Marion Burns, Earle Hodgins, Yakima Canutt, Reed Howes, Perry Murdock) – Classic Movie Review 7151

Director Carl L Pierson’s 1935 Monogram movie Western Paradise Canyon is an earlyish visit to Wayne’s world, in which the youngish Big John (though he was now 28) plays government agent John Wyatt, who goes undercover […]

Jun, 11 · in Reviews

The Rat Race **** (1960, Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Jack Oakie, Kay Medford, Don Rickles) – Classic Movie Review 7,150

The unjustly forgotten 1960 romantic comedy film The Rat Race stars Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds as a struggling saxophonist and a taxi dancer, who live together and struggle to get ahead in the dog-eat-dog […]

Jun, 10

The Boy Downstairs *** (2017, Zosia Mamet, Matthew Shear, Deirdre O’Connell) – Movie Review

Writer-director Sophie Brooks’s 2017 Woody Allen-style romantic comedy drama The Boy Downstairs is pleasant, amusing and charming, with a pleasing, bitter-sweet situation, some good funny lines and appealing performances. Zosia Mamet plays a pleasantly confused […]

Jun, 10

The Rare Breed ** (1966, James Stewart, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith, Juliet Mills, Don Galloway) – Classic Movie Review 7149

James Stewart and Maureen O’Hara are attractive and appealing stars but they are largely wasted in director Andrew V McLaglen’s lethargic, sentimental 1966 Western that is as clean as a whistle, with smooth performances, a […]

Jun, 10

The Wolf Hunters ** (1949, Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton, Edward Norris) – Classic Movie Review 7148

Director Budd Boetticher’s humble 1949 Western stars Kirby Grant as Canadian Mountie Corporal Rod Webb, who tracks down evil fur trappers who are killing other fur trappers and stealing their furs, in this cost-conscious Monogram […]

Jun, 10

The Trail Beyond *** (1934, John Wayne, Noah Beery Sr, Noah Beery Jr, Verna Hillie, Robert Frazer) – Classic Movie Review 7147

Director Robert N Bradbury’s 1934 The Trail Beyond is an exceptionally good-looking Thirties low-budget, quickly made Western, propelled with a lot of pace and action in a short running time of 55 minutes, as big […]

Jun, 10

Navigation

Search

Recent Review

@wpshower

Feeds

Susbscribe to our awesome Blog Feed or Comments Feed

© 2018 Derek Winnert. All Rights Reserved.