Derek Winnert

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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood * (1976, Madeline Kahn, Art Carney, Bruce Dern, Phil Silvers, Teri Garr, Ron Leibman) – Classic Movie Review 9115

Michael Winner’s 1976 comedy Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood stars the adorable comedienne Madeline Kahn as struggling Twenties actress Estie Del Ruth and Bruce Dern as director Grayson Potchuk, who adopt a […]

Dec, 01

Full Frontal * (2002, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt,, David Hyde Pierce, David Duchovny, Catherine Keener, Mary McCormack) – Classic Movie Review 8903

You would think that a film with Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, David Hyde Pierce, David Duchovny, Catherine Keener, Mary McCormack and Blair Underwood, directed by Steven (Ocean’s Eleven) Soderbergh, would be a must. But Steven […]

Sep, 14

The Day of the Locust *** (1975, Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, William Atherton, Burgess Meredith) – Classic Movie Review 8308

Director John Schlesinger’s 1975 drama The Day of the Locust stars William Atherton as Tod Hackett, an art director in the Hollywood of the 1930s who is heading for a nervous breakdown because of all […]

Mar, 29

Bombshell **** (1933, Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, Franchot Tone, Pat O’Brien, Una Merkel, Ted Healy) – Classic Movie Review 8061

Director Victor Fleming’s sparkling, fast-paced 1933 MGM classic screwball comedy Bombshell [Blonde Bombshell] is a witty satire on Hollywood, sending itself up with good humour. It may be ancient, but it is still relevant, and […]

Jan, 26

Valentino ** (1951, Eleanor Parker, Anthony Dexter, Richard Carlson, Patricia Medina) – Classic Movie Review 7865

Director Lewis Allen’s 1951 Technicolor adventure drama biopic Valentino is misleadingly billed as the life story of film legend Rudolph Valentino and stars near lookalike Anthony Dexter, who at least looks right in his film debut as Rudolph Valentino, in […]

Dec, 01

It’s a Great Feeling *** (1949, Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, Jack Carson) – Classic Movie Review 7691

Director David Butler’s offbeat 1949 Hollywood satire It’s a Great Feeling stars Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan as themselves trying to turn Warner Bros commissary waitress Judy Adams (Doris Day) into a star by getting […]

Oct, 21

Hollywood or Bust * (1956, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Anita Ekberg, Pat Crowley, Maxie Rosenbloom) – Classic Movie Review 7451

Director Frank Tashlin’s 1956 comedy Hollywood or Bust is the final Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis movie together. Sadly, it is a feeble satirical farce on life in Hollywood, in which Martin plays the broke singer Steve Wiley, […]

Aug, 16

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