Derek Winnert

The Egg and I **** (1947, Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Louise Allbritton, Richard Long) Classic Movie Review 7231

Co-writer/ producer/ director Chester Erskine’s 1947 Universal Pictures black and white screwball comedy The Egg and I is a warm and witty farm frolic that proved Claudette Colbert’s last big hit. It is written for […]

Jun, 28 · in Reviews

Cult of the Cobra ** (1955, Faith Domergue, Richard Long, Marshall Thompson, Kathleen Hughes) – Classic Movie Review 7230

‘Can a woman’s beauty be changed to a thing of terror?’ Yes, apparently it can. Director Francis D Lyon’s 1955 American black-and-white horror film Cult of the Cobra stars Faith Domergue as Lisa Moya, who heads a […]

Jun, 28 · in Reviews

Cyrano de Bergerac **** (1950, José Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince) – Classic Movie Review 7229

Long before there was Gérard Depardieu in the 1990 French classic movie Cyrano de Bergerac, there was José Ferrer, who won the Best Actor award at the Oscars and Golden Globes as Edmond Rostand’s 17th-century […]

Jun, 28

Cyrano de Bergerac ***** (1990, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez) – Classic Movie Review 7227

Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s perfect 1990 French film version of the famous classic play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand finds the ideal star in Gérard Depardieu, who deservedly won 1990’s best actor award at Cannes […]

Jun, 28

Adrift *** (2018, Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer) – Movie Review

Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur’s real-life survival story Adrift is gripping, powerful and disturbing, and scarily realistic, propelled with two attractive star performances by Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin as avid sailors Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp […]

Jun, 27

Sicario 2: Soldado **** (2018, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner, Catherine Keener, Matthew Modine) – Movie Review

Very strong, extremely powerful action thriller that actually thrills, Del Toro and Brolin excellent, some great set pieces, a huge body count and astounding visuals. Italian director Stefano Sollima’s Sicario 2: Soldado [aka Sicario: Day […]

Jun, 27

La Cage aux Folles *** (1978, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier) – Classic Movie Review 7228

Director Édouard Molinaro’s rather rancid, risqué 1978 French farce La Cage aux Folles about an elderly gay couple, one of whom is the flamboyant drag queen Albin (Michel Serrault), at the St Tropez night-club run […]

Jun, 27

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