Derek Winnert

Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst [Battle Hell] *** (1957, Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston, Keye Luke) – Classic Movie Review 6543

Director Michael Anderson’s meticulously crafted 1957 true-story account of the crippled British warship HMS Amethyst’s escape through heavy fire from being trapped on Yangtse River by the Red Chinese in 1949 is based on the […]

Jan, 10 · in Reviews

Molly’s Game **** (2017, Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Chris O’Dowd, Jeremy Strong) – Movie Review

Writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s truly epic biopic of ‘Poker Princess’ Molly Bloom is a knockout. It is 140 mesmerising screen minutes. Both Sorkin’s screenplay and his star Jessica Chastain as Bloom are nothing short of sensational. Kevin […]

Jan, 10 · in Reviews

Terror Is a Man ** (1959, Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, Richard Derr) – Classic Movie Review 6542

Greta Thyssen plays the voluptuous wife of the secretive scientist Dr Charles Girard (Francis Lederer) in director Gerardo de Leon’s entertaining Z-movie version of H G Wells’s The Island of Dr Moreau. Richard Derr plays William Fitzgerald, who is shipwrecked on […]

Jan, 10

My Fellow Americans *** (1996, Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, Wilford Brimley, Sela Ward, John Heard) – Classic Movie Review 6541

Jack Lemmon and James Garner star as rival former US Presidents, who join up to expose the corrupt present President William Haney (Dan Aykroyd) after they become targets of a conspirator in his government. The duo set out […]

Jan, 09

Brad’s Status **** (2017, Ben Stiller, Austin Abrams, Jenna Fischer, Michael Sheen) – Movie Review

Excellent – thoughtful and amusing, with a tremendous, clever and witty screenplay, and Ben Stiller great. Writer-director Mike White’s charming 2017 comedy drama is absolutely excellent, with a role as an under-achieving middle-ager that fits […]

Jan, 09

Tank Girl *** (1995, Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Malcolm McDowell) – Classic Movie Review 6540

Director Rachel Talalay’s likeable 1995 sci-ft action comedy fantasy feature is a funky, quirky cult film with plenty of attitude. Lori Petty invigorates an in-your-face version of the British comic strip as futuristic heroine Rebecca […]

Jan, 09

Tank ** (1984, James Garner, Shirley Jones, C Thomas Howell) – Classic Movie Review 6539

Director Marvin J Chomsky’s old-style 1984 action comedy drama provides a good role for James Garner but unfortunately not a very good film. When his innocent son William ‘Billy’ Carey (C Thomas Howell) is put […]

Jan, 09

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