Derek Winnert

Martin **** (1978, John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest) – Classic Movie Review 5049

Writer-director George A Romero’s blood curdling 1978 horror shocker Martin stars John Amplas as a troubled and disturbed 17-year-old American lad called Martin who thinks that he is an 84-year-old vampire escaped from Romania. It […]

Feb, 23 · in Reviews

Committed ** (2000, Heather Graham, Casey Affleck, Luke Wilson, Goran Visnjic) – Classic Movie Review 5048

Writer-director Lisa Krueger’s weird 2000 road movie comedy drama is a bumpy ride, with a shaky star turn by always likeable Heather Graham. But she has an incredibly good cast to bail her out slightly. […]

Feb, 22 · in Reviews

The Commitments *** (1991, Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher) – Classic Movie Review 5047

Director Alan Parker assembles a likeable cast of youngish people searching after that elusive fame in his hit 1991 musical drama about the rise and fall of a Dublin soul band called The Commitments. It […]

Feb, 22

The Swimmer **** (1968, Burt Lancaster, Janice Rule, Janet Landgard, Kim Hunter, Diana Muldaur) – Classic Movie Review 5046

Producer-director Frank Perry’s weird but intriguing 1968 surreal drama stars Burt Lancaster as Neddy Merrill, a 50-year-old businessman who decides to jog from pool to pool to swim the eight miles to his home through the […]

Feb, 22

Castle Keep *** (1969, Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Patrick O’Neal, Al Freeman Jnr, Scott Wilson, Tony Bill, Bruce Dern, Astrid Heeren, Michael Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 5045

In director Sydney Pollack’s odd but vital and intriguing 1969 World War Two wartime drama set in 1944, eight American soldiers led by a one-eyed Major Abraham Falconer (Burt Lancaster) and his Sergeant Orlando Rossi […]

Feb, 22

This Property Is Condemned ***½ (1966, Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Mary Badham, Kate Reid, Charles Bronson) – Classic Movie Review 5,044

Natalie Wood and Robert Redford star brightly in the 1966 dysfunctional family romantic drama film This Property Is Condemned, typical Tennessee Williams fare. Director Sydney Pollack 1966 dysfunctional family romantic drama is typical Tennessee Williams […]

Feb, 22

Bobby Deerfield ** (1977, Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Walter McGinn, Romolo Valli, Jaime Sanchez) – Classic Movie Review 5043

Producer-director Sydney Pollack’s least interesting and least good films were his plush romances that kept insisting on making. Witness his old-fashioned 1977 movie with Al Pacino as American Grand Prix racing driver Bobby Deerfield, who […]

Feb, 22

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