Derek Winnert

The Shadow **** (1994, Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Curry, Ian McKellen) – Classic Movie Review 2324

Director Russell (Highlander) Mulcahy’s vastly underrated 1994 release is a highly entertaining comic-book fantasy adventure, based on the Advance Magazine character. Alec Baldwin gives an engaging, easy-going performance as The Shadow and his alter ego […]

Mar, 28 · in Reviews

Faraway, So Close! [In Weiter Ferne, so Nah!] **** (1993, Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk, Nastassja Kinski) – Classic Movie Review 2323

In the fascinating and undervalued 1993 sequel to his 1987 international arthouse success Wings of Desire, co-writer-director Wim Wenders revisits a totally changed Berlin as he reunites with his stars Bruno Ganz and Otto Sander, who […]

Mar, 28 · in Reviews

The Iron Mask ***** (1929, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Marguerite De La Motte, Dorothy Revier, Nigel De Brulier, Leon Barry, Stanley J Stanford, Gino Conrado, Belle Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 2322

Producer-writer-star Douglas Fairbanks Sr’s 1929 sequel to his 1921 triumph The Three Musketeers reunites him with several members of the original cast. This marvellous Alexandre Dumas père swashbuckler is virtually the final fling of the […]

Mar, 28

The Return of the Musketeers *** (1989, Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay) – Classic Movie Review 2321

Director Richard Lester revisits his triumphant successes of 1973 and 1974, The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers, for this belated 1989 sequel that rounds up the original 70s Musketeers (Michael York as D’Artagnan, Oliver […]

Mar, 28

The Man in the Iron Mask **** (1977, Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan) – Classic Movie Review 2320

The dashing Richard Chamberlain swashes a fine buckle in director Mike Newell’s rousing 1977 British TV movie remake of the Alexandre Dumas père classic. It was released in cinemas in a number of countries, including Denmark, Hungary, East Germany […]

Mar, 28

The Mark of Zorro **** (1974, Frank Langella, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 2315

Director Don McDougall 1974 adventure is a strongly and ideally cast TV movie remake, with proper displays of athleticism and acting prowess from Frank Langella (as the swishing fop Don Diego de la Vega and […]

Mar, 27

The Mark of Zorro ***** (1940, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 2314

Director Rouben Mamoulian’s 1940 adventure classic remakes the 1920 Douglas Fairbanks Sr silent classic and stars an ideal Tyrone Power as Zorro. Though thought of as a light-weight star, Power is thrilling as Don Diego, […]

Mar, 27

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