Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Christopher and His Kind *** (2011, Matt Smith, Douglas Booth, Imogen Poots, Pip Carter, Toby Jones) – Classic Movie Review 12,985

Kevin Elyot’s effort to adapt Christopher Isherwood’s autobiography Christopher and His Kind to film shows, and it is uphill work for Matt Smith too. Matt Smith takes a break in 2011 from playing the Doctor […]

Jul, 05 · in Reviews

Clapham Junction *** (2007, Rupert Graves, Luke Treadaway, Paul Nicholls, James Wilby, David Leon, Stuart Bunce, Joseph Mawle, Phoebe Nicholls, Samantha Bond) – Classic Movie Review 12,984

Kevin Elyot’s provocative if uneasy 2007 British TV film Clapham Junction chronicles 36 hours in the lives of a number of interconnected gay men in Clapham, South London. Director Adrian Shergold’s and writer Kevin Elyot’s […]

Jul, 05 · in Reviews

No Night Is Too Long *** (2002, Lee Williams, Marc Warren) – Classic Movie Review 12,983

Lee Williams and Marc Warren star as star-crossed lovers in the ambitious and compelling 2002 psychological thriller film No Night Is Too Long, based on the novel by Ruth Rendell. Director Tom Shankland’s ambitious and […]

Jul, 05

Half Past Dead ** (2002, Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Linda Thorson, Nia Peeples, Tony Plana, Korupt)– Classic Movie Review 12,982

Steven Seagal kicks more butt in a highly serviceable slice of action, the 2002 American action film Half Past Dead. Writer/ director Don Michael Paul’s 2002 American action film Half Past Dead stars Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, […]

Jul, 04

So This Is New York *** (1948, Harry Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Hugh Herbert, Bill Goodwin, Virginia Grey, Dona Drake, Leo Gorcey, Jerome Cowan) – Classic Movie Review 12,981

Richard Fleischer’s amiably amusing 1948 satirical comedy film So This Is New York stars Harry Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Hugh Herbert, Bill Goodwin, Virginia Grey, Dona Drake, Leo Gorcey. Director Richard Fleischer’s amiable 1948 satirical comedy film So […]

Jul, 03

Home of the Brave **** (1949, Frank Lovejoy, Lloyd Bridges, Douglas Dick, James Edwards, Steve Brodie, Jeff Corey, Cliff Clark) – Classic Movie Review 12,980

The 1949 American war drama Home of the Brave is one of the first films about anti-Black racism, though adapted from a play by Arthur Laurents about anti-Semitism in the US Army. Director Mark Robson’s […]

Jul, 03

Murder in Reverse ** (1945, William Hartnell, Jimmy Hanley, Chili Bouchier, John Slater, Dinah Sheridan) – Classic Movie Review 12,979

William Hartnell stars in the 1945 British thriller film Murder in Reverse as a wrongly convicted murderer, London stevedore Tom Masterick, who is finally released from jail and hunts down the person he was supposed to […]

Jul, 02

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