Derek Winnert

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Sailor Beware *** (1952, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet, Marion Marshall, Robert Strauss, Leif Erickson, Skip Homeier, Vince Edwards, James Dean) – Classic Movie Review 3478

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are up to their old tricks, this time in navy larks as sailors in a submarine, in director Hal Walker’s 1952 remake of a 1942 Dorothy Lamour-William Holden musical The […]

Mar, 18

Life **** (2015, Dane DeHaan, Robert Pattinson, Ben Kingsley, Alessandra Mastronardi, Joel Edgerton, Peter Lucas, Lauren Gallagher) – Movie Review

Dane DeHaan brings James Dean to Life in a snappy snap. Set in a kind of fairy tale 1955, Life is an excellent movie, with a sweet story, superlative performances and astounding visuals in a […]

Sep, 24

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean **** (1982, Cher, Karen Black, Sandy Dennis) – Classic Movie Review 1,760

Cher, Karen Black and Sandy Dennis star in Robert Altman’s stupendous 1982 movie Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, the first of his fertile film adaptations of stage plays.   […]

Oct, 11

Giant **** (1956, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson) – Classic Movie Review 1,080

Rock Hudson (born 17 November 1925) achieved stardom with Magnificent Obsession (1954), All That Heaven Allows (1955) and Giant (1956), which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. George Stevens’s ambitious 1956 film Giant was a triumph […]

Apr, 12

East of Eden ***** (1955, James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet, Burl Ives, Lois Smith) – Classic Movie Review 1079

James Dean became an overnight movie icon as the embodiment of the mid-50s rebellious American teenager in just three films made in a little over a year before his death in a car crash in […]

Apr, 12

Rebel Without a Cause ***** (1955, James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo) – Classic Movie Review 658

James Dean gives a mesmerisingly exciting and touching performance as alienated youth Jim Stark, in the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause, based on an original story by the film’s director Nicholas Ray. With his […]

Jan, 09

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