Derek Winnert

The Blue Max **** (1966, George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp) – Classic Movie Review 2938

Director John Guillermin’s 1966 historical action adventure movie proves a very decent World War One flying spectacular. It stars George Peppard as a young German air force fighter pilot who ambitiously sets out to win […]

Oct, 01 · in Reviews

The Bridge at Remagen **** (1969, George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, E G Marshall, Peter van Eyck) – Classic Movie Review 2,937

The 1969 American Second World War film The Bridge at Remagen is intelligent, effective and exciting old-style film-making. George Segal, Ben Gazzara and Robert Vaughn head a sterling ensemble cast. Based on a real-life true story, director John […]

Oct, 01 · in Reviews

Macbeth ** (2015, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Sean Harris, David Thewlis, Jack Reynor, Elizabeth Debicki) – Movie Review

Australian director Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) throws the baby out with bathwater in his imaginative, freewheeling attempt to turn the Scottish Play into what amounts to a brutal Western movie. Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie and Todd Louiso fail to […]

Sep, 30

The Walk **** (2015, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley) – Movie Review

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in pole position. Come in Monsieur Petit, your time is up! Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, who in 1974 recruits a team to help him realize his crazy dream […]

Sep, 30

The Intern *** (2015, Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo) – Movie Review

Robert De Niro plays 70-year-old retired widower Ben Whittaker. He’s a sweet, kind, thoughtful and indeed almost saintly individual. This gives De Niro quite a challenge. All the way through this spectacularly long comedy, I […]

Sep, 30

Dressed as a Girl ***½ (2015, Pia Arber, Scottee, Jonny Woo, Amber Waze, John Sizzle, Holestar) – Movie Review

Film-maker Colin Rothbart reveals the real people behind East London’s alternative drag scene. Shot over five years, this excellent documentary offers honest portraits of six individuals at the heart it. They are Pia Arber, Scottee, Jonny Woo, Amber […]

Sep, 30

Wild Side *** (1995, Christopher Walken, Joan Chen, Anne Heche, Steven Bauer, Allen Garfield) – Classic Movie Review 2934

Take a Walken on the Wild Side. Director Donald Cammell’s bizarre, disturbing, challenging last film from 1995, restored as the ‘director’s cut’ in 2000 with the help of Frank Mazzola, the original film editor, gets […]

Sep, 30

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