Derek Winnert

Inventing the Abbotts *** (1997, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Will Patton, Kathy Baker) – Classic Movie Review 7588

Director Pat O’Connor’s amusing, offbeat 1997 romantic drama Inventing the Abbotts is packed full of entertaining, oddball characters, well played by a talented ensemble cast. It is written by Ken Hison, based on a story by […]

Sep, 17 · in Reviews

Song for a Raggy Boy *** (2003, Aidan Quinn, Iain Glen, John Travers, Chris Newman, Marc Warren, Dudley Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 7587

The harsh 2003 drama Song for a Raggy Boy stars Aidan Quinn as William Franklin, who lands a teaching job at a bleak and severe Catholic boys’ Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland. Soulful […]

Sep, 17 · in Reviews

The Stud * (1978, Joan Collins, Oliver Tobias, Sue Lloyd, Mark Burns, Doug Fisher, Walter Gotell) – Classic Movie Review 7586

Joan Collins romped back to box-office success and public favour in 1978 romp The Stud. Throwing caution to the wind and getting all her kit off, the 45-year-old Joan Collins romped back to box-office success […]

Sep, 17

The Walking Stick ** (1970, David Hemmings, Samantha Eggar, Phyllis Calvert, Ferdy Mayne, Francesca Annis, Bridget Turner, Emlyn Williams, Dudley Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 7585

Director Eric Till’s 1970 British movie The Walking Stick is an only middling suspense thriller. But there is very decent playing by David Hemmings as a handsome, smooth London crook called Leigh Hartley and Samantha […]

Sep, 17

Rotten to the Core ** (1965, Anton Rodgers, Charlotte Rampling, Eric Sykes, Kenneth Griffith, Dudley Sutton, James Beckett) – Classic Movie Review 7584

The 1965 British comedy Rotten to the Core (aka Rotten to the Corps) is amusing enough, with some good laughs, though it is essentially an ordinary, old-fashioned heist-thriller comedy from the Boulting Bothers, greatly helped […]

Sep, 17

Craig’s Wife *** (1936, Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Billie Burke, Jane Darwell) – Classic Movie Review 7582

Rosalind Russell stars as domineering, control-freak, middle-class, middle-aged housewife Harriet Craig, who marries for money and values her home more than her rich husband Walter (John Boles), in director Dorothy Arzner’s 1936 film Craig’s Wife, […]

Sep, 16

Harriet Craig *** (1950, Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey, Lucile Watson) – Classic Movie Review 7,583

Joan Crawford gives quite a tour-de-force performance as the monstrous Mrs Craig in director Vincent Sherman’s 1950 drama film Harriet Craig.  Joan Crawford is the monstrous Mrs Craig in director Vincent Sherman’s 1950 drama film […]

Sep, 16

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