Derek Winnert

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The Sword of Monte Cristo ** (1951, George Montgomery, Rita Corday, Berry Kroeger) Classic Movie Review 10,984

‘Her sword… Her lips… Her heart… Brought all of France to her feet!’ Well that’s a tough act to live up to! Writer-director Maurice Geraghty’s 1951 film The Sword of Monte Cristo is a sub-standard […]

Mar, 03

The Longest Day **** (1962, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Richard Todd, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner) – Classic Movie Review 5928

This three-hour 1962 blockbuster epic presents the story of the Allied 1944 D-Day Normandy landings according to Cornelius Ryan’s bestseller, producer Darryl F Zanuck and 20th Century Fox. All of them must share the authorship […]

Aug, 17

La Dentellière [The Lacemaker] **** (1977, Isabelle Huppert, Yves Beneyton, Florence Giorgetti) – Classic Movie Review 5118

Co-writer/ director Claude Goretta’s penetrating 1977 film character study stars Isabelle Huppert as a reserved apprentice teenage Paris hairdresser called Pomme who goes with her friend Marylène (Florence Giorgetti) to Cabourg in Normandy for a […]

Mar, 08

The Family *** (2013, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, John D’Leo) – Movie Review

Thanks to some fresh ideas and the right cast, this is an enjoyable, darkly funny, violent comedy riff on the Mafia thriller. The central idea is a great one, providing a new spin on the old […]

Nov, 21

Saving Private Ryan ***** (1998, Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore) – Classic Movie Review 158

Steven Spielberg’s devastating 1998 Second World War epic war film Saving Private Ryan scooped five Oscars. Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and Tom Sizemore are outstanding stars. Director Steven Spielberg’s devastating 1998 Second World War epic […]

Aug, 14

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