Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "World War II"

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Hannibal Brooks *** (1969, Oliver Reed, Michael J Pollard, John Alderton, Wolfgang Preiss, Karin Baal, Helmuth Lohner) -Classic Movie Review 7770

Producer-director Michael Winner’s fondly remembered 1968 British World War Two caper film Hannibal Brooks is a wartime adventure yarn about an elephant crossing the Alps, starring Oliver Reed in one of his more memorable turns […]

Nov, 10

Attack Force Z *** (1981, John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood, John Waters) – Classic Movie Review 7333

Director Tim Burstall’s 1981 action adventure Attack Force Z is short and sharp, with good work from a cast headed by the unfairly fading American star John Phillip Law (once the archangel in Barbarella) as […]

Jul, 23

The Lamp Still Burns **** (1943, Rosamund John, Stewart Granger, Godfrey Tearle, Joyce Grenfell, Megs Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 6962

Director Maurice Elvey’s heartfelt 1943 British nursing and romantic drama is adapted from the novel One Pair of Feet by Monica Dickens and tells the tale of the trials and tribulations of young nurses during […]

Apr, 24

Escape to Athena *** (1979, Roger Moore, David Niven, Elliott Gould, Sonny Bono, Telly Savalas, Claudia Cardinale, Stefanie Powers, Richard Roundtree) – Classic Movie Review 6792

Director George Pan Cosmatos’s game, high-spirited 1979 British war caper is endearingly daft hokum from Lord Grade just before Raise the Titanic sank his company, ITC, with an all-star cast in a World War Two […]

Mar, 12

Bitter Victory **** (1957, Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman) – Classic Movie Review 6698

Curd Jürgens stars as Major David Brand, a jittery, cowardly leader awarded a medal he did not merit for leading a British commando raid on Rommel’s desert fortress headquarters, and Burton as his number two, Captain Jimmy Leith, an […]

Feb, 16

Reach for the Sky **** (1956, Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Lyndon Brook) – Classic Movie Review 5016

Writer-director Lewis Gilbert’s inspirational 1955 British drama Reach for the Sky stars Kenneth More, who enjoyed his biggest success when Richard Burton turned down the role of ace British pilot Douglas Bader. Bader painfully learns […]

Feb, 08

Captain America: The First Avenger **** (2011, Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L Jackson, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Derek Luke, Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones) – Classic Movie Review 3601

Chris Evans stars and commands the screen as the Marvel Comics character Captain America in director Joe Johnston’s excellent 2011 American superhero film, the first Captain America movie and the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It […]

Apr, 24

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