Derek Winnert

xXx: Return of Xander Cage **½ (2017, Vin Diesel, Toni Collette, Donnie Yen) – Movie Review

Following xXx (2002) and his announced death in xXx: The Next Level (2005), extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) returns from the dead and is signed up by bossy Jane Marke (Toni Collette) and forms […]

Jan, 19 · in Uncategorized

Front Page Woman *** (1935, Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns, Winifred Shaw, J Carrol Naish) – Classic Movie Review 4907

Bette Davis and George Brent star as reporters for rival newspapers, agony aunt Ellen Garfield and ace scoop-hound Curt Devlin, trying to outwit each other when their respective editors send them on the same big fire […]

Jan, 18 · in Reviews

Front Page Story *** (1954, Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Allan, Eva Bartok, Derek Farr, Patricia Marmont) – Classic Movie Review 4906

Jack Hawkins stars in Front Page Story (1954) as a workaholic Fleet Street newspaper editor who faces an endless series of trials, tribulations and troubles. Among them are which story to hold the front page for, a […]

Jan, 18

The Front **** (1976, Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci, Lloyd Gough, Remak Ramsay) – Classic Movie Review 4,905

Martin Ritt’s engrossing, serious-minded 1976 comedy drama film The Front about Hollywood’s Fifties anti-leftist witch-hunts stars Woody Allen in one of his few films as actor only. Co-producer/ director Martin Ritt’s engrossing serious-minded 1976 comedy […]

Jan, 18

Faithful *** (1996, Cher, Chazz Palminteri, Ryan O’Neal, Paul Mazursky) – Classic Movie Review 4904

Housewife Cher plans suicide when she finds out that her husband of 20 years is unfaithful –­ until she gets a wake-up call when she discovers that a hitman is out to kill her, has […]

Jan, 17

Rogue One *** (2016, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Donnie Yen) – Movie Review

Lucasfilm’s competent and efficient but none too fascinating or inspired 2016 Star Wars spinoff plays like a spliced-together TV series with low-cost-looking sets and visual effects. It’s a shock to discover it cost $200,000,000. That money […]

Jan, 17

Invisible Agent **½ (1942, Jon Hall, Ilona Massey, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, J Edward Bromberg) – Classic Movie Review 4903

Director Edwin L Marin’s daft but engaging 1942 Sci-Fi thriller stars Jon Hall as the original Invisible Man’s grandson Frank Raymond, who uses his secret formula and is injected with a chemical that makes him […]

Jan, 17

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