Derek Winnert

The Stunt Man **** (1980, Peter O’Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Allen Garfield, Alex Rocco, Sharon Farrell, Adam Roarke, Philip Bruns) – Classic Movie Review 7747

Co-writer/ director Richard Rush’s 1980 The Stunt Man is a good fun parody on the movies, with terrific stunts, in which Vietnam veteran on the run Cameron (Steve Railsback) accidentally kills sinister film director Eli Cross (Peter […]

Nov, 03 · in Reviews

The Secret Life of an American Wife*** (1968, Walter Matthau, Anne Jackson, Patrick O’Neal) – Classic Movie Review 7746

Writer-director George Axelrod’s 1968 The Secret Life of an American Wife is a pleasing little satirical comedy-drama, sending up the middle-aged, middle-class American mores of the time. Anne Jackson stars as frustrated housewife Victoria Layton, who […]

Nov, 03 · in Reviews

Darling Lili *** (1970, Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival) – Classic Movie Review 7745

Darling Lili or Mata Hari – The Musical! Producer-director Blake Edwards’s 1970 Darling Lili is an appealing and attractive World War One Mata Hari spoof romantic spy drama with songs. It stars Julie Andrews, who gives […]

Nov, 03

The Secret Invasion *** (1964, Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Henry Silva, Mickey Rooney, Edd Byrnes, William Campbell) – Classic Movie Review 7744

Director Roger Corman and writer R Wright Campbell rework their story for Corman’s first film as director, the 1955 Western Five Guns West as a 1964 World War Two wartime mission action thriller involving convicts, in […]

Nov, 03

Spring Parade **** (1940, Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, S Z Sakall, Mischa Auer) – Classic Movie Review 7743

Director Henry Koster’s 1940 Spring Parade is a sweet and entertaining featherweight romantic musical, in which Hungarian girl Ilonka Tolnay (Deanna Durbin) grows up to be the baker Latislav Teschek (S Z Sakall)’s helper in the […]

Nov, 02

Lucky Night ** (1939, Myrna Loy, Robert Taylor, Joseph Allen, Henry O’Neill, Douglas Fowley, Marjorie Main) – Classic Movie Review 7,742

Myrna Loy made just one film with Robert Taylor: MGM’s fly-away bit of fluff, the 1939 comedy film Lucky Night. ‘THEY’RE IN LOVE! YOU’RE IN LUCK! IT’S HAPPY-GO-LUCKY’ Likeable, lightweight MGM stars Myrna Loy and […]

Nov, 02

The World of Apu [Apur Sansar] ***** (1959, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty) – Classic Movie Review 7741

The majestic 1959 The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) is the last part of Indian writer-producer-director Satyajit Ray’s great Apu trilogy and is its crowning glory. Apu (Soumitra Chatterjee) grows to love his arranged-marriage wife […]

Nov, 02

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