Derek Winnert

The Culpepper Cattle Co **** (1972, Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins, Geoffrey Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 2547

Director Dick Richards’s rousing 1972 Western stars the 17-year-old Gary Grimes as young farm-hand cowboy Ben Mockridge who buys a $4 pistol and talks tough trail boss Frank Culpepper (Billy Green Bush) into hiring him […]

Jun, 01 · in Reviews

Cul-De-Sac **** (1966, Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran) – Classic Movie Review 2548

Lionel Stander and Jack MacGowran star as bumbling crooks on the lam in co-writer/director Roman Polanski’s startling, humorous and strange British black comedy shocker. The duo, one wounded and the other dying, take refuge at the Holy Island […]

Jun, 01 · in Reviews

River of No Return **** (1954, Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig) – Classic Movie Review 2,546

Otto Preminger’s popular and enjoyable 1954 classic Western film River of No Return has the huge advantage of starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe, who strike quite a few sparks.  Director Otto Preminger’s popular and […]

May, 31

Rigoletto **** (1946, Tito Gobbi, Marcella Govoni, Mario Filippeschi, Giulio Neri, Lina Pagliughi) – Classic Movie Review 2545

Beautifully shot (in black and white by Anchise Brizzi), set and costumed (by Bruno Nofri), director Carmine Gallone’s 1946 film version of the Giuseppe Verdi opera favourite is extra fine. Tito Gobbi (1913-84) is extraordinary […]

May, 31

Il Postino [The Postman] **** (1994, Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta) – Classic Movie Review 2542

Director Michael Radford’s beautifully filmed 1994 romance stars Philippe Noiret as great, famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda who is exiled to a small island in Italy for political reasons. This causes a huge increase in mail […]

May, 31

Waterworld *** (1995, Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper, Tina Majorino) – Classic Movie Review 2544

Kevin Costner comes a cropper as the Mariner, a gilled ocean-sailor in director Kevin Reynolds’s ambitious but waterlogged 1995 futuristic action-adventure sea-saga. It is set after the polar ice caps have melted, covering the world […]

May, 30

The Postman ** (1997, Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Olivia Williams, Larenz Tate) – Classic Movie Review 2543

Kevin Costner’s self-directed 1997 post-apocalyptic epic, the land equivalent of Waterworld, got the thumbs down almost everywhere, though it has its impressive moments in that dreadfully long running time of 180 minutes. It’s 2013, and […]

May, 30

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