Derek Winnert

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The American Success Company *** (1980, Jeff Bridges, Belinda Bauer, Ned Beatty, Steven Keats, Bianca Jagger) – Classic Movie Review 10,439

Director William Richert’s 1980 The American Success Company [Success] [American Success] is a peculiar but sometimes funny black comedy about the inexperienced but ambitious son of a credit-card tycoon who decides to change his luck […]

Oct, 20

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying **** (1967, Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee) – Classic Movie Review 5447

Writer/ producer/ director David Swift’s 1967 American musical comedy film How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a most enjoyable, very jolly movie of a great Broadway show about the New York window cleaner called J […]

Jun, 08

The Belko Experiment *** (2016, John Gallagher Jr, Tony Goldwyn, Adria Arjona, John C McGinley, Michael Rooker, Melonie Diaz) – Movie Review

Director Greg McLean’s Battle Royale (2000)-style action thriller horror movie is lusty but nasty, with its strong bloody violence throughout. Somebody is conducting a  a twisted social experiment that locks 80 Americans in their high-rise corporate […]

Apr, 22

Office Christmas Party *** (2016, Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T J Miller, Jennifer Aniston, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Rob Corddry, Courtney B Vance) – Movie Review

Christmas is a time for peace on earth, goodwill to mankind, going to the movies – and of course having ghastly office parties. Well, that’s that sorted out and settled then! If you haven’t got […]

Dec, 07

Desk Set *** (1957, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Joan Blondell, Gig Young) – Classic Movie Review 3855

Director Walter Lang’s 1957 movie of a worked-over Broadway hit play is very enjoyable even if it seems a slight disappointment from the great star team of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Tracy stars in Desk […]

Jun, 13

The Apartment ***** (1960, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray) – Classic Movie Review 1241

‘That’s the way it crumbles… cookie-wise.’ – C.C. Baxter. Co-writer/producer/director Billy Wilder’s delightful bitter-sweet comedy 1960 classic stars Jack Lemmon as Calvin Clifford (C C) ‘Buddy Boy’ Baxter. It is Wilder’s triumphant follow-up to Some Like […]

May, 22

Glengarry Glen Ross **** (1992, Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Jonathan Pryce) – Classic Film Review 1005

Filmed in 1992 with a screenplay by the original author, David Mamet’s dazzling Broadway and British Royal National Theatre play is a brilliant showcase for some stupendous performances by the great and the good. Jack […]

Mar, 28

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