Derek Winnert

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The Buttercup Chain * (1970, Hywel Bennett, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jane Asher, Sven-Bertil Taube, Clive Revill, Roy Dotrice, Michael Elphick) – Classic Movie Review 10,414

Director Robert Ellis Miller’s 1970 romantic drama The Buttercup Chain is a daft, dated tale of kissing cousins and a love chain foursome – unstable France (Hywel Bennett), his depressive close cousin Margaret (Jane Asher), […]

Oct, 14

Kings of the Road [Im Lauf der Zeit] **** (1976, Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer) – Classic Movie Review 8923

Wim Wenders’s ace 1976 road movie Kings of the Road [Im Lauf der Zeit] is about two men – film projector engineer Bruno Winter (Rüdiger Vogler) and escapee from his family Robert Lander (Hanns Zischler) […]

Sep, 20

Damnation Alley * (1977, Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield, Jackie Earle Haley, Kip Niven) – Classic Movie Review 6738

Director Jack Smight’s ambitious but trashy 1977 sci-fi thriller is based on the intriguing cult novel by Roger Zalazny. Jan-Michael Vincent and George Peppard star as young hero Tanner and army major Denton, who lead […]

Feb, 26

Up in the Air **** (2009, George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey, J.K. Simmons, Sam Elliott, Danny McBride) – Classic Movie Review 4421

Golden Globe nominee (and New York Film Critics Best Actor) George Clooney gives his most relaxed, delightful, appealing and, yes, simply best performance so far as Ryan Bingham, a man who gets his kicks as […]

Sep, 26

Bride & Prejudice **** (2004, Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher, Naveen Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 4217

Hooray for Bollywood! Bend It Like Beckham and Angus, Thongs director Gurinder Chadha turns her sweet and sassy eye on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for a glorious 2004 Bollywood take on the tale. As the proud Indian […]

Aug, 22

Transsiberian **** (2008, Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Eduardo Noriega, Kate Mara, Ben Kingsley, Thomas Kretschmann) – Classic Movie Review 4083

Co-writer/ director Brad Anderson’s thrilling, uber-tense crime mystery drama is set on the Transsiberian express train from China to Moscow, the venue for chase, deception and murder when American couple Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer) […]

Aug, 13

Around the World in 80 Days **** (1956, David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine, Robert Newton, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley) – Classic Movie Review 2452

Director Michael Anderson’s 1956 Technicolor epic action adventure comedy film triumphed on Academy Award night, winning five rather undeserved Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Score, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing. Producer-showman Michael Todd, a […]

May, 04

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