Derek Winnert

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 · in Reviews

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 · in Reviews

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

Evergreen **** (1934, Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Betty Balfour) – Classic Movie Review 7056

Director Victor Saville’s delightul evergreen 1934 British musical – and there are so few to speak well of – is perhaps the vivacious and spirited Jessie Matthews’s finest hour in the movies, playing Harriet Green, […]

May, 15

Coup de Torchon [Clean Slate] **** (1981, Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran) – Classic Movie Review 7055

Bertrand Tavernier’s 1981 French crime drama film Coup de Torchon [Clean Slate] stars Philippe Noiret, who gives an excellent in-depth performance as Lucien Cordier, a mild cop who commits revenge murders in 1930s French West […]

May, 14

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