Derek Winnert

Mrs Soffel *** (1984, Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine, Edward Herrmann, Trini Alvarado, Jenny Dundas) – Classic Movie Review 7340

Director Gillian Armstrong’s 1984 drama Mrs Soffel looks good on paper: the then new star Mel Gibson on the crest on a wave, Oscar-winning Diane Keaton in mid-career, and bright new star Matthew Modine in […]

Jul, 25 · in Reviews

Ladies Should Listen ** (1934, Cary Grant, Frances Drake, Edward Everett Horton, Nydia Westman, George Barbier) – Classic Movie Review 7339

Director Frank Tuttle’s 1934 archetypal Thirties romantic comedy Ladies Should Listen stars Cary Grant as a wide-eyed French business executive called Julian de Lussac under assault from his romantically inclined switchboard operator telephonist Anna Mirelle […]

Jul, 25 · in Reviews

Enter Madame ** (1935, Elissa Landi, Cary Grant, Lynne Overman) – Classic Movie Review 7338

‘They say there are great, pitch black spaces between the stars. I think they are between people too.’ – Lisa Della Robbia. Director Elliott Nugent’s 1935 Paramount black and white romantic comedy Enter Madame stars […]

Jul, 25

Enter the Dragon *** (1973, Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 7337

‘The first American produced martial arts spectacular!’ Director Robert Clouse’s 1973 classic martial arts action thriller Enter the Dragon finds Hollywood taking over the kung fu film and sanitising it into a glossy, escapist thriller […]

Jul, 24

Time After Time **** (1979, Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner) – Classic Movie Review 7,336

Malcolm McDowell stars as H G Wells, who jumps in his time machine and chases surgeon Dr John Leslie Stevenson (David Warner), aka Jack the Ripper, from Victorian London to 1979 San Francisco. Wells falls […]

Jul, 24

Timbuktu ** (1959, Victor Mature, Yvonne De Carlo, George Dolenz, John Dehner) – Classic Movie Review 7335

Esteemed director Jacques Tourneur’s 1959 romantic action adventure Timbuktu stars Victor Mature as American mercenary and gunrunner Mike Conway, who is mixed up in a forbidden romance with married Natalie Dufort (Yvonne De Carlo), upsetting […]

Jul, 24

Tim **** (1979, Piper Laurie, Mel Gibson, Alwyn Kurts, Pat Evison) – Classic Movie Review 7,334

The 1979 Australian romantic drama Tim is a sweet and lovely film, telling a simple, heart-warming love story, based on Colleen (The Thorn Birds) McCullough’s novel. It stars Piper Laurie and Mel Gibson, both of […]

Jul, 23

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