Derek Winnert

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 · in Reviews

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 · in Reviews

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

Laurel and Hardy’s Laughing 20’s **** (1965, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase) – Classic Movie Review 7525

Writer-producer-director Robert Youngson’s Laurel and Hardy’s Laughing 20’s is a delectable feature film compilation of primarily Laurel and Hardy shorts, with some of Stan and Ollie’s finest scenes from the silent era. There are delightful […]

Sep, 01

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case *** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Fred Kelsey, Tiny Sandford, Frank Austin) – Classic Movie Review 7524

Director James Parrott’s and producer Hal Roach’s 1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case is a black and white comedy short film starring the incomparable Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, released by MGM in 1930. Instead of the […]

Sep, 01

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