Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Halloween II [Halloween 2] ** (1981, Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Dick Warlock, Jeffrey Kramer, Lance Guest) – Classic Movie Review 4240

The Halloween killer again terrorises the feisty Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in the hospital where she has been taken immediately after part one, Halloween (1978). Director Rick Rosenthal’s 1981 horror movie gets more mileage from the […]

Aug, 26 · in Uncategorized

Death Wish II * (1981, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia, J D Cannon, Anthony Franciosa) – Classic Movie Review 4239

Director Michael Winner’s horrible 1981 sequel to his original Death Wish (1974) tells another ugly story in which Charles Bronson’s troubled New York City architect Paul Kersey sets off on a new vigilante spree in Los […]

Aug, 25 · in Reviews

Death Wish 3 * (1985, Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Martin Balsam, Ed Lauter, Gavan O’Herlihy) – Classic Movie Review 4238

Here is director Michael Winner’s third and last Death Wish movie, with Charles Bronson back on the vigilante beat as New York City architect Paul Kersey for more of the same ugly revenge thrills. With his […]

Aug, 25

Dinner Rush **** (2000, Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, Sandra Bernhard, John Corbett, Mike McGlone, Vivian Wu, Summer Phoenix) – Classic Movie Review 4237

Take your places, please, for this delicious, subtle banquet of a meal. The posh venue is Italian restaurant proprietor and bookmaker Louis Cropa (Danny Aiello)’s New York Italian diner. It’s a big night and the food is […]

Aug, 25

Tigerland **** (2000, Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr) – Classic Movie Review 4236

This scary, in-your-face 2000 movie tells the tale of a group of American army recruits undergoing horrific infantry training, in a gruelling test of their physical and mental stamina, at Fort Polk, Louisiana – the […]

Aug, 25

Two Rode Together ***½ (1961, James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy Devine, John McIntire, Paul Birch) – Classic Movie Review 4235

This hard-nosed, well-acted 1961 John Ford film recalls his 1956 classic The Searchers and is very solid fare for Western fans. James Stewart and Richard Widmark have some wonderfully laconic exchanges of dialogue as easy-going […]

Aug, 25

My Name Is Julia Ross **** (1945, Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Macready) – Classic Movie Review 4234

Director Joseph H Lewis’s devious 1945 film noir thriller My Name Is Julia Ross stars the young and stylish Nina Foch, who grabs her first starring role as the unfortunate titular Julia Ross, who takes a […]

Aug, 25

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