Derek Winnert

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The Bushido Blade ** (1981, Richard Boone, Toshirô Mifune, Frank Converse, Mike Starr) – Classic Movie Review 9498

‘BUSHIDO means revenge – BUSHIDO means bloodshed – BUSHIDO means violent death!’ Director Tsugunobu [Tom] Kotani’s 19th-century-set Kung Fu action thriller The Bushido Blade [The Bloody Bushido Blade](1981) stars Richard Boone as Commodore Matthew Perry, […]

Mar, 12

The 6th Day * (2000, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn, Robert Duvall, Michael Rooker) – Classic Movie Review 9497

Director Roger Spottiswoode’s 2000 The 6th Day stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as pilot Adam Gibson, who comes home one night to find that he has been mistakenly replaced by his clone. He uncovers a deadly secret […]

Mar, 11

Ordinary Love ***** (2019, Lesley Manville, Liam Neeson, Amit Shah) – Movie Review

Lesley Manville is an absolute knockout as middle-aged English wife Joan, battling her breast cancer diagnosis, in the extraordinary 2019 drama Ordinary Love. Liam Neeson is tremendous in deeply loyal support of Manville, just as […]

Mar, 10

I Accuse! ** (1958, José Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors, Emlyn Williams, Leo Genn) – 2020 Classic Movie Review 9493

Director José Ferrer’s 1958 historical biographical drama I Accuse! tells the story of the 1894 Alfred Dreyfus treason case, in which the innocent Jewish French army captain is is falsely accused of spying for Germany […]

Mar, 10

Napoleon and Samantha *** (1972, Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Johnny Whitaker, Will Geer) – Classic Movie Review 9491

Director Bernard McEveety’s 1973 children’s movie Napoleon and Samantha stars youngsters Johnny Whitaker and Jodie Foster as 11-year old Napoleon and his friend Samantha, who take off with their best pal Major the Lion in […]

Mar, 09

Mr Quilp [The Old Curiosity Shop] *** (1975, Anthony Newley, David Hemmings, David Warner, Michael Hordern) – Classic Movie Review 9490

After putting songs and smiles to Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer in 1973 and Huckleberry Finn in 1974, Reader’s Digest Films try the format on Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop. Director Michael Tuchner’s 1975 Mr […]

Mar, 09

It’s Great to Be Young! *** (1956, John Mills, Cecil Parker, Jeremy Spenser, John Salew) – Classic Movie Review 9485

Director Cyril Frankel’s 1956 film about a school music teacher It’s Great to Be Young! stars John Mills and Cecil Parker, along with, as the The Angel Hill Kids, Jeremy Spenser as Nicky, Dorothy Bromiley […]

Mar, 09

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