Derek Winnert

Man with the Gun **** (1955, Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe, Henry Hull, Emile Meyer, John Lupton, Angie Dickinson) – Classic Movie Review 5,060

The stalwart 1955 Western film Man with the Gun stars Robert Mitchum as a gunman who rides into town looking for his estranged wife (Jan Sterling) and is hired for as sheriff to take on […]

Feb, 25 · in Reviews

Saraband for Dead Lovers **** (1948, Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Françoise Rosay, Flora Robson, Peter Bull, Megs Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 5058

Directors Basil Dearden and Michael Relph’s attractive 1948 British oddity Saraband for Dead Lovers stars Joan Greenwood as sad young Sophie Dorothea of Celle, the arranged-marriage wife of the effete Prince George Louis of Hanover, […]

Feb, 25 · in Reviews

Lawman **** (1971, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J Cobb, Sheree North Joseph Wiseman, Robert Duvall) – Classic Movie Review 5059

Producer-director Michael Winner’s 1971 Western stars Burt Lancaster as Jared Maddox, the lawman from Bannock who rides into the town of Sabbath to round up all the cattlemen who accidentally killed an elderly dude with a […]

Feb, 25

Sapphire **** (1959, Nigel Patrick, Michael Craig, Yvonne Mitchell, Paul Massie, Bernard Miles) – Classic Movie Review 5,057

Basil Dearden’s pioneering issue-led 1959 British murder thriller film Sapphire stars Nigel Patrick, Michael Craig, Yvonne Mitchell and Paul Massie. It won the 1960 BAFTA Film Award for Best British Film. Director Basil Dearden’s pioneering […]

Feb, 24

20th Century Women **** (2016, Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann, Billy Crudup) – Movie Review

There’s a feast of acting from Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig in writer-director Mike Mills’s rousing, provocative and moving story of three hippyish women exploring love and freedom in Southern California during the early Seventies. Mills is Oscar […]

Feb, 24

The Blind Side *** (2009, Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw, Lily Collins, Jae Head) – Classic Movie Review 5056

Sandra Bullock won an unexpected Best Actress Oscar in 2010 for her capable performance in The Blind Side (2009) as caring woman Leigh Anne Tuohy who crucially helps homeless and traumatised teenage African-American boy Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), who […]

Feb, 24

The Alamo * (2004, Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Emilio Echevarría, Jordi Mollà, Leon Rippy, Marc Blucas) – 5055

‘One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.’ – Colonel William Travis. Remember The Alamo? Well, not this version, anyway, for director John Lee Hancock ‘s misjudged, murky-looking and mostly boring 2004 […]

Feb, 24

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