Derek Winnert

Swing Your Lady ** (1938, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Louise Fazenda, Penny Singleton, Nat Pendleton, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 8003

Want to see Humphrey Bogart in a musical? Bogart stars in director Ray Enright’s 1938 Swing Your Lady as wrestling promoter Ed Hatch, who comes to the Ozarks and has a money-spinning idea: pit simple-minded […]

Jan, 12 · in Reviews

The Love Lottery ** (1954, David Niven, Peggy Cummins, Anne Vernon, Herbert Lom) – Classic Movie Review 8002

Director Charles Crichton’s 1953 The Love Lottery stars David Niven as adored Hollywood star film actor Rex Allerton – a babe magnet – who relocates to a remote Italian village where he is talked into being the […]

Jan, 12 · in Reviews

The Divided Heart *** (1954, Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Mitchell, Armin Dahlen, Alexander Knox, Geoffrey Keen, Liam Redmond) – Classic Movie Review 8001

‘Wars leave behind a stain of shame which the centuries will not wash away,’ says the First Justice. Director Charles Crichton’s 1954 Ealing Studios and Michael Balcon Productions black and white drama The Divided Heart is […]

Jan, 12

The Upside ** (2017, Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman) – Movie Review

The Upside is a slightly uneasy and uncomfortable, but not unentertaining comedy drama, with awkward casting and a rough-hewn, sharp-edged script, which gets some laughs and a few tears, but loses out on the truthful […]

Jan, 12

The Third Secret ** (1964, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Pamela Franklin, Rachel Kempson, Diane Cilento Margaret Leighton, Paul Rogers, Judi Dench) – Classic Movie Review 8000

Director Charles Crichton’s 1964 The Third Secret is a muddled and ponderous suspense thriller that is comprised of a number of short stories joined together by the plot device of having a prominent psychiatrist’s daughter […]

Jan, 11

No Time for Flowers ** (1952, Viveca Lindfors, Paul Hubschmid, Ludwig Stössel) – Classic Movie Review 7999

‘Kisses and champagne behind the Iron Curtain.’ Director Don Siegel’s 1952 black and white film No Time for Flowers is a Ninotchka or Comrade X-style comedy, pleasant enough but not as good as either of them. László […]

Jan, 10

They Shall Not Grow Old **** (2018, director Peter Jackson) – Movie Review

Director Peter Jackson’s magnificent and beautiful World War One documentary They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) is uniquely informative, evocative, moving and heart-rending, as well as a brilliant technical achievement in its incredible 3D colour […]

Jan, 10

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