Derek Winnert

Go West Young Man *** (1936, Mae West, Warren William, Randolph Scott, Alice Brady) – Classic Movie Review 7530

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1936 comedy Go West Young Man stars Mae West, who takes over the star role from a 1934 Broadway hit play called Personal Appearance by Lawrence Riley (which featured Gladys George), as […]

Sep, 02 · in Reviews

The Laughing Policeman **** (1973, Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr, Albert Paulsen, Anthony Zerbe) – Classic Movie Review 7,529

Rousing performances from Walter Matthau as an obsessed San Francisco police detective and Bruce Dern as his boorish, annoying new partner enliven Stuart Rosenberg’s energetic, exciting 1973 cop thriller The Laughing Policeman.  Rousing performances from […]

Sep, 02 · in Reviews

A Ticket to Tomahawk *** (1950, Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Rory Calhoun, Walter Brennan, Marilyn Monroe) – Classic Movie Review 7528

Director Richard Sale’s sprightly, enjoyable and lighthearted 1950 Western A Ticket to Tomahawk stars Dan Dailey as Johnny Behind-the-Deuces, a travelling salesman caught up in a race between a stagecoach and a train across the […]

Sep, 02

Below Zero **** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Frank Holliday, Tiny Sandford, Charlie Hall, Blanche Payson, Bobby Burns) – Classic Movie Review 7527

Director James Parrott’s sweet and satisfying 1930 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy early sound two-reeler short film Below Zero is amiable and amusing rather than hilarious and uproarious. But it is still a treasure, with […]

Sep, 02

Searching **** (2018, John Cho, Debra Messing, Michelle La, Joseph Lee) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Aneesh Chaganty’s 2018 mystery thriller Searching is gimmicky – but a success! He pulls off the trick of having the entire movie unfold on a computer with considerable flair and style, retaining mystery […]

Sep, 01

The Happytime Murders (2018, Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph) – Movie Review

How can I put this kindly? Muppet director Brian Henson’s The Happytime Murders (2018) is not a success. The problem is the story and screenplay by Todd Berger. OK the story might be workable, the private eye/ Muppet spoof […]

Sep, 01

Liberty **** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Tom Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 7526

Writer-director Leo McCarey’s 1929 20-minute two-reeler black and white short film Liberty stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as escaped convicts from warden Tom Kennedy’s prison, having trouble with their stripey prison clothes during their […]

Sep, 01

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