Derek Winnert

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These Thousand Hills *** (1959, Don Murray, Richard Egan, Lee Remick, Patricia Owens, Stuart Whitman, Albert Dekker) – Classic Movie Review 7799

Director Richard Fleischer’s punchy, intelligent 1958 Western These Thousand Hills is pumped full of admirable acting, robust action, cute romance and thoughtful drama, even if it fails to live up to the manic intensity of Pulitzer-prize […]

Nov, 17

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs ***** (2018, Tim Blake Nelson, Tyne Daly, Brendan Gleeson, Saul Rubinek, Tom Waits, Zoe Kazan, James Franco, Jonjo O’Neill, Liam Neeson) – Movie Review

Writer-directors Joel Coen and Ethan Coen’s lovingly respectful homage movie The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) is first of all a haunting work of art, and second a beautiful toast to the Western movie and […]

Oct, 12

The Rounders *** (1965, Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue Ane Langdon, Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan) – Classic Movie Review 7627

Director Burt Kennedy’s 1965 The Rounders is an appealingly relaxed, humorous-toned Western with Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda both on excellent form as Ben and Howdy, a fairly dim-seeming pair of aging present-day bronco busters who […]

Oct, 01

Go West *** (1940, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, John Carroll, Diana Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 7574

The Marx Brothers go forth for director Edward Buzzell’s 1940 Go West, their fourth movie at MGM studios. Go West is a rickety cowboy comedy movie which sees their zaniness on remote control, but the […]

Sep, 14

The Rider **** (2017, Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau) – Movie Review

A heart-breakingly warm, empathetic people drama, about a head injured young rodeo cowboy and his horses, about a battle against the odds. The Rider (2017) is an incredibly warm, empathetic people drama, about a boy […]

Jun, 12

The Cowboy and the Lady *** (1938, Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Fuzzy Knight, Henry Kolker, Harry Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 7156

Merle Oberon stars as politician’s daughter Mary Smith, a scatty, lonely socialite who masquerades as a maid and falls for lean, outspoken rodeo rider Stretch (Gary Cooper), unaware of her identity, in director H C Potter’s light-hearted, featherweight […]

Jun, 12

The Rare Breed ** (1966, James Stewart, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith, Juliet Mills, Don Galloway) – Classic Movie Review 7149

James Stewart and Maureen O’Hara are attractive and appealing stars but they are largely wasted in director Andrew V McLaglen’s lethargic, sentimental 1966 Western that is as clean as a whistle, with smooth performances, a […]

Jun, 10

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