Derek Winnert

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Backdraft *** (1991, Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jason Gedrick, J T Walsh.) – Classic Movie Review 11,534

Director Ron Howard’s 1991 American action thriller film Backdraft stars Kurt Russell as hotheaded but stalwart fireman Lieutenant Stephen “Bull” McCaffrey and William Baldwin as his younger brother Probationary Firefighter Brian McCaffrey, who fight blazes, battle each other […]

Aug, 30

The Irish in Us *** (1935, James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Olivia de Havilland) – Classic Movie Review 10,092

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1935 comedy drama The Irish in Us is based on a story by Frank Orsatti about an Irish family, and stars James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Olivia de Havilland, Mary Gordon, Frank McHugh […]

Jul, 27

The Bells Go Down *** (1943, Tommy Trinder, James Mason, Philip Friend) – Classic Movie Review 9126

Director Basil Dearden’s 1943 The Bells Go Down has its appeal but it suffers by comparison with the same year’s Fires Were Started. You didn’t expect to see Tommy Trinder and James Mason in the […]

Dec, 04

Fires Were Started [I Was a Fireman] **** (1943, Philip Dickson, George Gravett, Fred Griffiths) – Classic Movie Review 9124

Writer-director Humphrey Jennings’s wonderfully sensitive, realistic and moving 1943 documentary Fires Were Started about a London fire unit’s 24-hour day during the German air-raid bombings of winter 1940 elevates mundane detail to sublime significance and […]

Dec, 04

It Had to Be You ** (1947, Ginger Rogers, Cornel Wilde, Percy Waram) – Classic Movie Review 8969

Directors Don Hartman and Rudolph Maté’s 1947 comedy It Had to be You stars Ginger Rogers as daffy Victoria Stafford, who leaves three grooms at the altar before dashing fireman Cornel Wilde drives her wild […]

Oct, 09

Roxanne **** (1987, Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall) – Classic Movie Review 6178

Director Fred Schepisi delightful 1987 comedy is the movie that finally allowed Steve Martin to sniff the sweet smell of success in Britain. He both writes and stars in his own witty updating of Edmond […]

Nov, 02

The Love Letter **** (1999, Kate Capshaw, Tom Everett Scott, Tom Selleck, Gloria Stuart, Ellen DeGeneres, Blythe Danner, Geraldine McEwan) – Classic Movie Review 4569

In the sleepy New England town of Loblolly by the Sea, well-preserved, middle-aged, local store-owner Helen MacFarquhar (Kate Capshaw) finds a mysterious love letter hidden in her sofa, and it makes her open to romance, […]

Oct, 31

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