Derek Winnert

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Ever Since Eve * (1937, Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Frank McHugh, Patsy Kelly, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 10,140

In 1937, the 40-year-old Marion Davies filmed her last movie, director Lloyd Bacon’s screwball romantic comedy Ever Since Eve, in which she plays an attractive young woman fed up having to quit job after job […]

Aug, 06

The Medusa Touch ** (1978, Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Lino Ventura) – Classic Movie Review 9926

Director Jack Gold’s 1978 sci-fi psychological horror thriller The Medusa Touch stars a haunted-looking Richard Burton as John Morlar, a troubled author with strange telekinetic powers who can will people’s deaths, create catastrophe and cause […]

Jun, 17

Run for the Sun *** (1956, Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer, Peter van Eyck, Juan García) – Classic Movie Review 3521

Co-writer/director Roy Boulting’s 1956 adventure thriller Run for the Sun is the third version of Richard Connell’s prize-winning short story The Most Dangerous Game. Though it is one of the most anthologised stories of all time […]

Dec, 20

Colette ** (2018, Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough, Eleanor Tomlinson, Fiona Shaw, Robert Pugh) – Movie Review

Keira Knightley stars in director Wash Westmoreland’s Colette (2018) as French rural country girl Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, who marries the older Willy (Dominic West). They move from the countryside to Paris and he gets her to […]

Oct, 11

When Ladies Meet **** (1933, Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Alice Brady, Frank Morgan) – Classic Movie Review 7505

Director Harry Beaumont’s crackling 1933 MGM classic romantic comedy drama When Ladies Meet is the first of two film versions of Rachel Crothers’s sophisticated 1932 play, smartly shot in black and white by Ray June […]

Aug, 27

Tenebre [Tenebrae] **** (1982, Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, Giuliano Gemma) – Classic Movie Review 7,490

Ah, yes, ‘Terror Beyond Belief’. Dario Argento’s 1982 horror mystery thriller movie (giallo) Tenebre [Tenebrae] delivers the goods in spadefuls in this marvellously scary triumph of style over nasty and often silly content. Ah, yes, […]

Aug, 24

The Romantic Englishwoman ** (1975, Glenda Jackson, Michael Caine, Helmut Berger, Béatrice Romand, Nathalie Delon, Michel Lonsdale, Kate Nelligan) – Classic Movie Review 6,956

Joseph Losey’s acidic 1975 comedy drama film The Romantic Englishwoman stars Glenda Jackson as the Romantic Englishwoman, Elizabeth, who meets enigmatic German stranger Thomas (Helmut Berger) on vacation in Baden Baden, where they have an […]

Apr, 22

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