Derek Winnert

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Hostile Force ** (1997, Andrew McCarthy, Cynthia Geary, Wolf Larson) – Classic Movie Review 11,114

Director Michael Kennedy’s 1997 Canadian-made action crime film Hostile Force is a pretty gutsy thriller, with feisty performances and a decent air of realism. After being shot in a break-in, cops Lucy James (Cynthia Geary) […]

Apr, 19

Cal **** (1984, Helen Mirren, John Lynch, Donal McCann) – Classic Movie Review 9878

Director Pat O’Connor’s 1984 thriller Cal stars John Lynch as Cal, the 19-year-old unemployed Catholic IRA man in Ulster, who falls for Catholic woman Marcella (Helen Mirren), widow of the Protestant policeman he has reluctantly […]

Jun, 08

Blue Thunder **** (1983, Roy Scheider, Candy Clark, Warren Oates, Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Stern) – Classic Movie Review 6044

Director John Badham’s riveting 1983 action adventure thriller provides a great showcase for the talents of Roy Scheider. The always underrated and undervalued actor grabs one of his best Eighties opportunities as  Los Angeles Police […]

Sep, 24

Breathless **** (1983, Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky) – Classic Movie Review 1394

Director Jim McBride’s 1983 thriller stars the then young, sexy and underrated Richard Gere, who is on his top 80s form as Jesse Lujack, a preening, unprincipled petty hood on the run after he shoots a policeman. […]

Jul, 05

The Blue Lamp **** (1949, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Robert Flemyng, Bernard Lee, Bruce Seton, Clive Morton, Gladys Henson, Dora Bryan, Tessie O’Shea, Patric Doonan, Peggy Evans, Basil Radford, Glynis Johns) – Classic Movie Review 1255

Director Basil Dearden’s 1949 Ealing Studios film classic was incredibly popular in the UK in 1950, seen by 13,300,000 just in Britain that year. It started a whole new kind of realist cinema in the […]

May, 26

Face **** (1997, Robert Carlyle, Steven Waddington, Ray Winstone, Philip Davis, Damon Albarn) – Classic Movie Review 328

A London gang’s ramraid heist on a money-counting depot goes to plan for a change. But it turns out one of their number is a traitor. Who’s the rotten apple? Criminal with a conscience, ex-socialist […]

Oct, 27

Deadfall **½ (2012, Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Sissy Spacek, Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Kate Mara) – Movie Review

Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde play brother and sister crooks, who are on the run from a casino heist gone wrong when a deer hits their windscreen and their car crashes. They escape with the […]

May, 26

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