Derek Winnert

American Animals **** (2018, Barry Keoghan, Evan Peters, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Ann Dowd) – Movie Review

Very interesting and provocative movie, boldly written and directed by Bart Layton (it’s quite a feature debut) with tremendous performances from Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan and Ann Dowd, plus exciting cinematography and a great score and soundtrack. […]

Sep, 07 · in Reviews

Sharky’s Machine **** (1981, Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith, Charles Durning, Earl Holliman, Bernie Casey, Henry Silva) – Classic Movie Review 7550

Burt Reynolds directs himself as star of the tense, exciting, ultra-tough 1981 cop thriller Sharky’s Machine as Tom Sharky an Atlanta vice cop who heads a new squad (his ‘machine’) hunting a mob boss called Victor […]

Sep, 07 · in Reviews

Inn for Trouble *** (1960, Peggy Mount, David Kossoff, Leslie Phillips, Shaun O’Riordan, Ronan O’Casey) – Classic Movie Review 7549

The Larkins ride again in director C M Pennington-Richards’s genial 1960 film Inn for Trouble, a big-screen adaptation of the then current, highly popular Fifties/Sixties British ITV series that ran from 1958 to 1964. Peggy […]

Sep, 06

Any Wednesday ** (1966, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Dean Jones, Rosemary Murphy) – Classic Movie Review 7547

‘It’s got some new ideas about multiple dwelling!’ Director Robert Ellis Miller’s 1966 comedy Any Wednesday turns a thin but affable Broadway farce by Muriel Resnik into a thin but affable movie – with the bright […]

Sep, 06

Any Old Port! ** (1932, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Walter Long, Jacqueline Wells) – Classic Movie Review 7548

‘In port – Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy were just home from a whaling voyage – Mr Hardy shipped as head harpooner; Mr Laurel went along as bait.’ Director James W Horne’s mild 1932 two-reeler […]

Sep, 06

Every Girl Should Be Married *** (1948, Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn, Alan Mowbray) – Classic Movie Review 7546

‘HOW CAN A MAN HOLD OUT when a gal’s got so much to give out!’ Co-writer/ co-producer/ director Don Hartman’s 1948 comedy Every Girl Should Be Married is based on a story Eleanor Harris, and […]

Sep, 05

Every Day’s a Holiday **** (1937, Mae West, Edmund Lowe, Charles Butterworth, Charles Winninger, Walter Catlett, Lloyd Nolan, Herman Bing, Chester Conklin, Louis Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 7545

Director A Edward Sutherland’s 1937 comedy Every Day’s a Holiday offers an eagerly grabbed double role for Mae West as confidence trickster Peaches O’Dea, who sells New York’s Brooklyn Bridge to Fritz Krausmeyer (Herman Bing) […]

Sep, 05

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