Derek Winnert

The Birthday Party *** (1968, Robert Shaw, Patrick McGee, Sydney Tafler, Dandy Nichols) – Classic Movie Review 6801

Harold Pinter’s highly respected and greatly admired classic play about lodger Stanley Webber, a tatty paying guest (Robert Shaw) in a seedy rooming house at an English seaside resort, who is threatened by two mysterious visiting […]

Mar, 14 · in Reviews

Ladyhawke **** (1985, Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, John Wood) – Classic Movie Review 6800

Co-producer-director Richard Donner delivers the splendid, quite exquisite 1985 medieval sword and sorcery adventure Ladyhawke with the help of the most rousing performances from an ideal, actually perfect cast, headed by Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, […]

Mar, 13 · in Reviews

Medicine Man *** (1992, Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco, José Wilker) – Classic Movie Review 6799

Director John McTiernan’s 1992 adventure stars a pony-tailed Sean Connery as Dr Robert Campbell, a drug company’s eccentric scientist who has discovered a cure for cancer in the South America tropical rain forests, but he cannot replicate […]

Mar, 13

Mannequin *** (1937, Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan, Mary Philips) – Classic Movie Review 6798

Director Frank Borzage’s 1937 drama Mannequin is the only pairing of Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy, which is a great shame because they are so good together. Crawford is comfortably cast in her tailor-made regular […]

Mar, 13

2010 [2010: The Year We Made Contact] **** (1984, Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren) – Classic Movie Review 6797

Writer/ producer/ cinematographer/ director Peter Hyams’s entertaining, undervalued sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was expertly delivered by the film-maker to an underwhelmed public. A beautifully crafted movie, it was nominated for five Oscars – Best […]

Mar, 13

End of Days *** (1999, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Rod Steiger, C C H Pounder, Kevin Pollak) – Classic Movie Review 6796

Director Peter Hyams’s exciting 1999 Sci-fi thriller stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, still in his prime as he takes on his biggest foe yet – Satan – played with great aplomb by Gabriel Byrne. Schwarzenegger’s character Jericho […]

Mar, 13

The Presidio *** (1988, Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan, Jack Warden) – Classic Movie Review 6795

Director Peter Hyams’s 1988 The Presidio is routine action stuff, though the movie is sparked up by Sean Connery’s gruffly winning performance and some lively chases. But just what happened to Larry Ferguson screenplay? It […]

Mar, 12

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