Derek Winnert

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How to be Very, Very Popular ** (1955, Betty Grable, Sheree North, Charles Coburn, Robert Cummings, Orson Bean, Tommy Noonan, Fred Clark) – Classic Movie Review 5168

In her final film, aged 39, the Very, Very Popular Betty Grable bows out with writer-director Nunnally Johnson’s thin but amiable 1955 comedy, with only one song by Jules Styne and Sammy Cahn – the title […]

Mar, 16

No Way Home *** (1996, Tim Roth, Deborah Kara Unger, James Russo) – Classic Movie Review 3603

Tim Roth, then in 1996 carving out an American career of note, impresses as an ex-con who return to live with his lowlife older brother (James Russo) and wife (Deborah Kara Unger). Roth and Unger […]

Apr, 23

The Last Boy Scout *** (1991, Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans) – Classic Movie Review 3602

Director Tony Scott’s ultra-slick and exciting if repellently violent 1991 neo noir thriller / buddy-buddy action movie The Last Boy Scout stars Bruce Willis as cynical private eye Joe Hallenbeck who teams up with former football […]

Apr, 23

Gypsy **** (1993, Bette Midler, Peter Riegert, Cynthia Gibb, Ed Asner) – Classic Movie Review 3556

Bette Midler is brilliantly vibrant and vivacious as the ultimate showbiz mother Mama Rose Hovick, in Emile Ardolino’s 1993 film remake of the all-time great Jule Styne – Stephen Sondheim musical Gypsy. The ideally cast […]

Apr, 12

Gypsy *** (1962, Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden) – Classic Movie Review 3555

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1962 movie musical is good but it should have been great, and that’s partly because it makes the mistake of casting the wrong star in Rosalind Russell. and partly because it lacks […]

Apr, 12

The Crimson Kimono **** (1959, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta, Victoria Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 3468

‘Yes, this is a beautiful American girl in the arms of a Japanese boy!’ explained the advertising. Cult writer-producer-director Samuel Fuller’s commendably taut and tense little 1959 film noir thriller boasts fascinating detail, an intriguing […]

Mar, 12

Carry On Behind ** (1975, Kenneth Williams, Elke Sommer, Kenneth Connor, Jack Douglas, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Liz Fraser, Peter Butterworth, Patsy Rowlands) – Classic Movie Review 2378

Director Gerald Thomas’s 1975 Carry On film Carry On Behind is the 27th in the series and stars Elke Sommer in her only appearance in a Carry On as a Russian archaeologist called Professor Anna Vooshka. While […]

Apr, 12

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