Derek Winnert

La Luna **** (1979, Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Renato Salvatori, Tomas Milian, Alida Valli, Fred Gwynne, Roberto Benigni, Veronica Lazar) – Classic Movie Review 7835

Director Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1979 incestuous relationship drama La Luna is a frank exploration of the emotional and sexual bonds of a recently-widowed American mother and her teenage son while touring in Italy. Though the film […]

Nov, 26 · in Reviews

The Sheltering Sky *** (1990, Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott) – Classic Movie Review 7834

Debra Winger and John Malkovich play an American couple, playwright Kit Moresby and her husband composer Port Moresby, travelling in Morocco in 1947, who go abroad to revitalise their relationship but instead face physical and moral […]

Nov, 26 · in Reviews

A Midsummer Night’s Dream **** (1935, James Cagney, Dick Powell, Jean Muir, Olivia de Havilland, Joe E Brown, Mickey Rooney, Victor Jory) – Classic Movie Review 7833

Warner Brothers bring Max Reinhardt’s Hollywood Bowl and Broadway production of the William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the screen with mixed results but definite success. It won two Oscars – for Best […]

Nov, 26

Homicide **** (1991, Joe Mantegna, William H Macy, Vincent Guastaferro, Ving Rhames, Natalija Nogulich, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, J J Johnston) – Classic Movie Review 7832

The 1991 movie Homicide is a smart, upmarket neo-noir crime thriller from clever writer-director David Mamet, who ignores some of the genre’s thrills at his peril in a look at anti-Semitism and racism. Joe Mantegna […]

Nov, 26

Things Change **** (1988, Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, J J Johnston, Ricky Jay) – Classic Movie Review 7831

Director David Mamet’s 1988 crime comedy drama Things Change is his intelligent and literate follow-up to his 1987 debut as director, House of Games. It is written by Mamet and Shel Silverstein. It is a strangely old-fashioned gangster […]

Nov, 25

Rocky V ** (1990, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith, Tommy Morrison) – Classic Movie Review 7830

Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young and Burgess Meredith team up with original 1976 Rocky director John G Avildsen for the 1990 boxing movie sequel Rocky V, the final episode of the original run of […]

Nov, 24

Rocky III *** (1982, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, Hulk Hogan, Tony Burton, Mr T) – Classic Movie Review 7,829

The 1982 boxing movie sequel Rocky III provides yet another fistful of dollars for Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, who turns to his old adversary Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) to help him train to fight vicious Clubber Lang (Mr […]

Nov, 24

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