Derek Winnert

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Hot Rod Girl ** (1956, Lori Nelson, Chuck Connors, John Smith, Mark Andrews, Roxanne Arlen, Frank Gorshin) – Classic Movie Review 10,002

‘CHICKEN-RACE … ROCK ‘N ROLL … YOUTH ON THE LOOSE!’ ‘ARE THESE OUR CHILDREN? Teenage terrorists tearing up the streets!’ Director Leslie H Martinson’s campy 1956 black and white teensploitation action psychotronic film Hot Rod […]

Jul, 05

Two-Lane Blacktop **** (1971, James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 6209

‘You can never go fast enough…’ Director Monte Hellman views his 1971 film masterwork Two-Lane Blacktop about a cross-country chase between two custom cars as a metaphorical odyssey into the heart of America. It is […]

Nov, 08

American Graffiti **** (1973, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul LeMat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Cindy Williams) – Classic Movie Review 4,739

George Lucas’s incisive, nostalgia-fuelled 1973 hit comedy drama film American Graffiti is propelled by 40 superlative songs of the Sixties, and effortlessly captures the flavour of the era. In 1962, four small-town California high-school graduate […]

Dec, 02

Dragstrip Girl ** (1957, Fay Spain, John Ashley, Steve Terrell, Frank Gorshin, Russ Bender) – Classic Movie Review 4445

Director Edward L Cahn’s 1957 teen movie Dragstrip Girl is an amusing trash cult classic, but it is complete tosh with endless shots of cars going relatively quickly while engaged in chicken runs and drag […]

Oct, 02

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