Derek Winnert

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East Side, West Side *** (1949, James Mason, Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner, Gale Sondergaard, Cyd Charisse, William Frawley, Nancy Davis) – Classic Movie Review 5172

MGM’s glossy, operatic 1949 soap-opera movie tale of lust and revenge East Side, West Side is totally saved by its marvellous star cast of James Mason, Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin and Ava Gardner.  Despite its […]

Mar, 17

Love in the Afternoon **** (1957, Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, John McGiver) – Classic Movie Review 4983

Producer-director Billy Wilder’s 1957 romantic comedy was a critical and box office failure and is still often undervalued, but, rightly, its many admirers now rally to support it with great fervour. Star Gary Cooper was pleased […]

Feb, 16

Reckless *** (1935, Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone, May Robson) – Classic Movie Review 4942

The 1935 MGM musical melodrama film stars Jean Harlow as a theatre star whose career is endangered by the scandal of her husband’s suicide. Uncomfortably, the tale is plucked by producer David O Selznick from […]

Jan, 26

Masquerade **** (1988, Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly, Kim Cattrall, Doug Savant, John Glover, Dana Delany) – Classic Movie Review 4395

Rob Lowe stars as an insinuating creepy charmer in director Bob Swaim’s smooth, slick and satisfying 1988 Hitchcockian neo noir romantic mystery thriller film Masquerade. It is French-based American film director Swaim’s first American film. Lowe […]

Sep, 22

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas ** (2000, Mark Addy, Kristen Johnston, Stephen Baldwin, Joan Collins, Ann-Margret, Jane Krakowski, Alan Cumming, Thomas Gibson, Harvey Korman) – Classic Movie Review 3899

Britain’s Mark Addy takes over from John Goodman as Fred Flintstone, who travels to Rock Vegas where his future wife Wilma Slaghoople is pursued by playboy Chip Rockefeller (Thomas Gibson), in this soppy but happy 2000 […]

Jun, 21

The Flying Saucer * (1950, Mikel Conrad, Pat Garrison, Virginia Hewitt) – Classic Movie Review 3759

‘Streaking out of the unknown comes a strange new terror! ‘ In 1950, only a year after the world’s first Flying Saucer was supposedly sighted in the Washington hills, writer-producer-director Mikel Conrad came up with […]

May, 28

Iron Man ***** (2008, Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 3600

Robert Downey Jr is sensationally good as Iron Man in director Jon Favreau’s brilliant 2008 Marvel Comics superhero film – the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway’s […]

Apr, 22

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