Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

The Painted Desert *** (1931, William Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees, William Farnum, Clark Gable, J Farrell MacDonald) – Classic Movie Review 12,285

Writer-director Howard Higgin’s 1931 low-budget Pathé Exchange black and white Western film The Painted Desert stars a pre-Hopalong Cassidy William Boyd as Bill Holbrook, a mining engineer going back to his Painted Desert home to […]

Aug, 18 · in Reviews

The Easiest Way ** (1931, Constance Bennett, Robert Montgomery, Adolphe Menjou, Marjorie Rambeau, Anita Page, Clark Gable) – Classic Movie Review 12,284

Director Jack Conway’s 1931 MGM drama film The Easiest Way stars Constance Bennett, Robert Montgomery and Adolphe Menjou. Poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks Laura ‘Lolly’ Murdock (Bennett) loves young newsman Jack […]

Aug, 18 · in Reviews

The London Nobody Knows *** (1969, James Mason) – Classic Movie Review 12,283

James Mason is your guide as he walks through the streets of Swinging Sixties London in the quirky, engaging, nostalgic documentary film The London Nobody Knows (1969). James Mason is your guide and narrator as […]

Aug, 17

Just Can’t Get Enough ** (2002, Jonathan Aube, Shelley Malil, John Paul Pitoc) – Classic Movie Review 12,282

Writer/ director Dave Payne’s 2002 comedy drama film Just Can’t Get Enough tells the amusing, saucy story of the Chippendales’ rise to fame, capturing the mood and atmosphere nicely. The well-oiled, muscular male strippers find […]

Aug, 15

The Big Blockade *** (1942, Leslie Banks, Robert Morley, Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Will Hay) – Classic Movie Review 12,281

Charles Frend’s workable but undistinguished 1942 British war film The Big Blockade is Ealing Studios’ documentary-drama about Britain’s economic blockade of Nazi Germany. Director Charles Frend’s workable 1942 British black-and-white war film The Big Blockade is Ealing […]

Aug, 15

Shamus *** (1973, Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, John P Ryan, Joe Santos) – Classic Movie Review 12,280

Director Buzz Kulik’s 1972 private eye crime thriller film Shamus stars Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, John P Ryan, and Joe Santos. Burt Reynolds plays New York private eye Shamus McCoy, who is paid $10,000 to […]

Aug, 13

Just Before Dawn *** (1981, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Chris Lemmon, Gregg Henry, Deborah Benson, Ralph Seymour) – Classic Movie Review 12,279

‘Will anyone survive those hours Just Before Dawn (1980)?’ Director Jeff Lieberman’s strong 1981 horror thriller Just Before Dawn stars George Kennedy, Mike Kellin and Chris Lemmon star as forest ranger Roy McLean, Ty and […]

Aug, 12

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