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 1760

  Director Robert Altman’s stupendous 1982 film is the notable first of his fertile adaptations of stage plays. He makes a superb job of the stage to screen transfer of Ed Graczyk’s play about a group of […]

Oct, 11

Giant **** (1956, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson) – Classic Movie Review 1080

George Stevens’s ambitious 1956 film Giant was a triumph for him, winning the Best Director Oscar. But it is most memorable for 24-year-old James Dean’s final role as bitter entrepreneur Jett Rink, set on destroying […]

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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