Derek Winnert

Manpower *** (1941, Edward G Robinson, George Raft, Marlene Dietrich, Alan Hale Sr, Frank McHugh, Eve Arden, Ward Bond) – Classic Movie Review 5,285

Edward G Robinson and George Raft vie for Marlene Dietrich, in Raoul Walsh’s 1941 American crime melodrama film Manpower.  Edward G Robinson and George Raft star as power cable he-men Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall, who brave […]

Apr, 13 · in Reviews,Uncategorized

Manon des Sources [Manon of the Spring] ***** (1986, Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil) – Classic Movie Review 5283

Emmanuelle Béart stars as Manon, who has grown up to be a lovely shepherdess, in director Claude Berri’s haunting, compelling 1986 climax to author Marcel Pagnol’s two-part movie saga that began with Jean de Florette. […]

Apr, 13 · in Reviews

Le Mans *** (1971, Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen) – Classic Movie Review 5282

Directors Lee H Katzin and John Sturges’s 1971 documentary-style sports action adventure drama allows Steve McQueen to bring his car-racing hobby to the screen in a fictional star role as Michael Delaney, a sullen American […]

Apr, 13

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London ** (2004, Frankie Muniz, Anthony Anderson, Hannah Spearritt) – Classic Movie Review 5281

In the hasty action adventure comedy sequel to 2003’s hit Agent Cody Banks, Frankie Muniz’s pint-sized spy Cody Banks this time finds himself in the middle of swinging London, rushing round all the usual obvious tourist […]

Apr, 13

The Age of Innocence *** (1993, Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Miriam Margolyes) – Classic Movie Review 5,280

Martin Scorsese’s reverent, faithful film of Edith Wharton’s 1920 novel The Age of Innocence follows the fortunes of society lawyer Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), engaged to May Welland (Winona Ryder) but drawn to Countess Olenska […]

Apr, 12

The Sense of an Ending **** (2017, Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter, Billy Howle, Freya Mavor, Matthew Goode) – Movie Review

Jim Broadbent is outstanding in a big, fat, meaty star role he is ideal for, in a moving and haunting 2017 film adaptation of Julian Barnes’s 2011 Booker Prize-winning bestseller The Sense of an Ending. […]

Apr, 12

The Hatton Garden Job **½ (2017, Matthew Goode, Joely Richardson, David Calder, Larry Lamb, Phil Daniels, Stephen Moyer) – Movie Review

The involving and likeable 2017 crime thriller film The Hatton Garden Job details what happened when four old blokes robbed an underground safe deposit facility in London’s Hatton Garden area over Easter 2015.  Director Ronnie […]

Apr, 12

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