Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

The Bad News Bears *** (1976, Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Jackie Earle Haley) – Classic Movie Review 4171

The Good News is that this big hit proved good news for talented director Michael Ritchie, the maker of Downhill Racer, Prime Cut, The Candidate and Smile. Walter Matthau stars in this likeable 1976 comedy as grouchy old baseball […]

Aug, 14 · in Reviews

The Survivors ** (1983, Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jerry Reed) – Movie Review 4170

The young, frenzied ball of fire comic Robin Williams (just 32) works well in his manic performance with the contrasting laid-back style of the laconic Walter Matthau in director Michael Ritchie’s haphazard, far-out 1983 darkly […]

Aug, 14 · in Reviews

Tombstone **** (1993, Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, Charlton Heston, Jason Priestley, Stephen Lang) – Classic Movie Review 4,169

The complex, epic 1993 Western film Tombstone stars Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer as Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. George Cosmatos’s 1993 Western film Tombstone stars Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer as Wyatt Earp and […]

Aug, 13

Wyatt Earp ** (1994, Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman) – Classic Movie Review 4168

Director Lawrence Kasdan’s endless, un-dynamic, sprawling and disjointedly episodic 1994 film version of the well-known, oft-related saga is admittedly ambitious but must count as a major disappointment. Kevin Costner gives a flat, over-dominating, self-regarding performance as Tombstone […]

Aug, 13

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 * (1983, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams, Mike Henry, Pat McCormick) – Classic Movie Review 4167

Director Dick Lowry’s feeble 1983 action comedy brings Smokey back, but beaming original star Burt Reynolds gives this one a miss (except for a quick cameo as ‘The Real Bandit’) while his buddy Cletus (Jerry […]

Aug, 13

Smokey and the Bandit **** (1977, Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick) – Classic Movie Review 4166

Director Hal Needham’s tremendous 1977 action comedy Smokey and the Bandit stars Burt Reynolds in one of his most famous and popular iconic roles as the Bandit, who tries to outrun cop Smokey on the […]

Aug, 13

W W and the Dixie Dancekings *** (1975, Burt Reynolds, Art Carney, Conny Van Dyke, Jerry Reed, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 4165

Director John G Avildsen’s pleasantly laid-back 1975 comedy stars Burt Reynolds as sweet-talking, happy-go-lucky US Southern Fifties trickster W W Bright. W W is an old rogue of a crook who makes his living robbing […]

Aug, 13

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