Derek Winnert

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The Pass *** (2016, Russell Tovey, Arinzé Kene, Lisa McGrillis, Nico Mirallegro, Rory J Saper) – Classic Movie Review 11,131

Russell Tovey stars as a closeted gay footballer in The Pass (2016). The Pass (2016) has a witty, punning title. There is a football pass on the football field, which has a central significance in […]

Apr, 23

Firebird **** (2021, Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Nicholas Woodeson, Diana Pozharskaya) – Movie Review

Director Peeter Rebane’s ambitious 2021 romantic drama Firebird is an intelligent, thoughtful, moving and involving true gay love story set against the repressive background of a Soviet Air Force Base in the era of the […]

Mar, 20

Jump, Darling **** (2020, Thomas Duplessie, Cloris Leachman, Linda Kash) – Movie Review

Writer-director Phil Connell’s appealing, amusing and moving 2020 Canadian drama Jump, Darling stars Thomas Duplessie as Russell, aka rookie drag queen Fishy Falters, who escapes from a break-up with his boyfriend to his grandmother (Cloris […]

Mar, 19

Tough Guys Don’t Dance ** (1987, Ryan O’Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Lawrence Tierney, Wings Hauser, Debra Stipe) – Classic Movie Review 10,757

Ryan O’Neal does well as a blacking-out alcoholic writer, who may have killed during a drunken bender, in Norman Mailer’s intriguing 1987 movie Tough Guys Don’t Dance. Wings Hauser scores as the psychotic new Provincetown […]

Jan, 06

The Lost Language of Cranes ***½ (1991, Brian Cox, Eileen Atkins, Angus Macfadyen, Corey Parker) – Classic Movie Review 10,725

Nigel Finch’s 1991 British drama film The Lost Language of Cranes is a moving version of David Leavitt’s novel, meticulously played, especially by Brian Cox. In the US, it was censored and even then banned […]

Dec, 30

La Cage aux Folles II *** (1980, Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Marcel Bozzuffi) – Classic Movie Review 10,425

Director Edouard Molinaro’s 1980 comedy sequel La Cage aux Folles II finds that part two unexpectedly answers the awkward questions arising from the 1978 part one, La Cage aux Folles, as Michel Serrault and Ugo […]

Oct, 16

Too Much Sun * (1990, Robert Downey Jr, Ralph Macchio, Eric Idle, Andrea Martin, Leo Rossi, Howard Duff, Allan Arbus) – Classic Movie Review 10,363

Robert Downey Jr, Ralph Macchio and Eric Idle star in the would-be controversial, but actually quite dodgy 1990 comedy Too Much Sun, co-written and directed by Robert Downey Sr. After the death of multi-millionaire Old […]

Sep, 29

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