Derek Winnert

Victory at Entebbe *** (1976, Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Kirk Douglas, Helen Hayes, Anthony Hopkins, Burt Lancaster, Elizabeth Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 7060

Victory at Entebbe stars in alphabetical order Helmut Berger, Theodore Bikel, Linda Blair, Kirk Douglas, Richard Dreyfuss, Stefan Gierasch, David Groh, Julius Harris (as the Ugandan dictator General Idi Amin), Helen Hayes, Anthony Hopkins (as Israeli Prime […]

May, 16 · in Reviews

That Good Night *** (2017, John Hurt, Sofia Helin, Max Brown, Charles Dance, Erin Richards) – Movie Review

So very, very sad. John Hurt is lovely, but it is almost unbearable to watch a dying man play a dying man. That Good Night is so very, very sad. John Hurt is lovely in […]

May, 16 · in Reviews

Deadpool 2 **** (2018, Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz) – Movie Review

Deadpool 2 is two outrageously cynical hours of non-stop bad-ass bad taste laughs and extreme comic-book violence as Ryan Reynolds returns as the foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (aka Deadpool of course). It is quite a […]

May, 15

Entebbe [7 Days in Entebbe] * (2018, Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan, Denis Ménochet, Lior Ashkenazi) – Movie Review

Entebbe (aka 7 Days in Entebbe) recounts the story of Operation Entebbe, the Israeli commandos’ daring 1976 counter-terrorist hostage-rescue operation in Uganda, after the terrorists hijack an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to […]

May, 15

Country **** (1984, Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley) – Classic Movie Review 7059

Director Richard Pearce’s 1984 drama Country provides a great showcase for Jessica Lange, who was deservedly Oscar-nominated as Best Actress for this moving, bucolic tale of an Ohio family having trouble surviving and making a […]

May, 15

The Count of Monte Cristo [Le Comte de Monte Cristo] **** (1954, Jean Marais, Lia Amanda, Daniel Ivernel, Folco Lulli) – Classic Movie Review 7058

As the falsely sentenced Edmond Dantès, imprisoned for life in the terrible island jail Chateau d’If, Jean Marais makes a dashing, ideal Count of Monte Cristo, in director Robert Vernay’s zesty and attractive 1954 first […]

May, 15

The Count of Monte Cristo [Le comte de Monte Cristo] ** (1961, Louis Jourdan, Yvonne Furneaux, Pierre Mondy, Franco Silva) – Classic Movie Review 7057

Louis Jourdan charms his way handsomely and swashes a flashy buckle as the falsely sentenced Edmond Dantès through this good-looking and conscientious but unnecessary 1961 French remake of The Count of Monte Cristo [Le comte […]

May, 15

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