Derek Winnert

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White Line Fever *** (1975, Jan-Michael Vincent, Kay Lenz, Slim Pickens, L Q Jones, Don Porter, R G Armstrong, Dick Miller) – Classic Movie Review 6737

Co-writer/ director Jonathan Kaplan’s intense and credible 1975 crime action drama movie about American truck drivers stars Jan-Michael Vincent as Carrol Jo Hummer, who initially rides with his Tucson, Arizona, father Sam (Frank Kennedy) as partners: Sam Hummer and Son. But […]

Feb, 26 · in Reviews

Bite the Bullet **** (1975, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Ben Johnson, Ian Bannen, Jan-Michael Vincent) – Classic Movie Review 6736

Writer-producer-director Richard Brooks’s 1975 action adventure stars Gene Hackman (as Sam Clayton), Candice Bergen (as Miss Jones), James Coburn (as Luke Matthews), Ben Johnson (as Mister), Ian Bannen (as the Englishman Sir Harry Norfolk) and Jan-Michael […]

Feb, 26 · in Reviews

Toy Soldiers *** (1991, Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, Andrew Divoff, R Lee Ermey, Mason Adams, Denholm Elliott, Louis Gossett Jr) – Classic Movie Review 6735

Director Daniel Petrie Jr’s engaging 1991 movie stars the 20-year-old cheeky-faced cherub Sean Astin as Billy Tepper, whose title gang of naughty but nice schoolboys do good when Luis Cali (Andrew Divoff)’s evil Colombian terrorists take […]

Feb, 25

Lady Bird *** (2017, Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lois Smith, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet) – Movie Review

Lady Bird has its charms, a lot of them, but is way over-praised. It is best to come to it fresh, without knowledge or expectations of it. Then it might well charm and impress. It […]

Feb, 25

Dark River ** (2017, Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, Sean Bean) – Movie Review

Writer-director Clio Barnard’s dark and gloomy 2017 drama Dark River is a harrowing, depressing experience and a none too successful movie, afflicted by some of the inevitable clichés of the family abuse genre. However, the two […]

Feb, 25

Birth of the Dragon *** (2016, Philip Ng, Yu Xia, Billy Magnussen) – 2018 Movie Review

Director George Nolfi’s action biopic is based on the late Sixties San Francisco showdown between a then up-and-coming Bruce Lee (Philip Wan-Lung Ng) and legendary kung fu master Wong Jack Man (Xia Yu). Philip Ng […]

Feb, 25

Finding Your Feet ** (2017, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Joanna Lumley, David Hayman, John Sessions, Josie Lawrence) – Movie Review

Finding Your Feet is a guaranteed crowd pleaser with two bona fide national treasures in Imelda Staunton and Timothy Spall, plus a great performance by Celia Imrie. Director Richard Loncraine’s often funny and charming Finding Your […]

Feb, 25

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