Derek Winnert

Salvador ***** (1986, James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage) – Classic Movie Review 2076

Co-writer/director Oliver Stone’s brilliantly fired-up, exhilarating 1986 political thriller is a report from troubled Central America and is based on the real-life adventures of American photo-journalist Richard Boyle (played by a sizzling James Woods) who […]

Jan, 13 · in Uncategorized

Heaven & Earth **** (1993, Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor, Joan Chen, Debbie Reynolds) – Classic Movie Review 2075

Writer-director Oliver Stone’s honourable, bold and brave 1993 conclusion to his Vietnam trilogy started by Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July sees him trying to view to see conflict from the Vietnamese side […]

Jan, 12 · in Uncategorized

Platoon ***** (1986, Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe) – Classic Movie Review 2074

Writer-director Oliver Stone’s 1986 Oscar-winner for Best Picture and Best Director focuses on the trials and tribulations of American infantrymen in 60s Vietnam and boasts the solid, traditional movie-making virtues of an engrossing story, muscular performances and […]

Jan, 12

Midnight Express **** (1978, Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paul L Smith, Norbert Weisser, Mike Kellin) – Classic Movie Review 2073

Director Alan Parker’s horrific double Oscar-winning 1978 real-life drama of courage and the will to survive stars Brad Davis, who digs deep into his role of a lifetime as the young American college student Billy […]

Jan, 12

The Late Show ***** (1977, Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy, Joanna Cassidy, Eugene Roche, John Considine) – Classic Movie Review 2,072

Art Carney lands the part of a lifetime as limping, grumpy private eye Ira Wells, in Robert Benton’s beguiling 1977 neo-noir mystery movie The Late Show. Writer-director Robert Benton (Kramer vs, Kramer) brings all his […]

Jan, 12

Call Northside 777 ***** (1948, James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J Cobb, Helen Walker) – Classic Movie Review 2,071

The classic 1948 film noir thriller Call Northside 777 is excellent of its documentary-style type. James Stewart plays a real-life Chicago reporter who proved a man in prison for murder was wrongly convicted 11 years […]

Jan, 11

Panic in the Streets ***** (1950, Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance) – Classic Movie Review 2070

Director Elia Kazan’s thought-provoking New Orleans 1950 film noir chase thriller is sizzlingly raw and realistic. It stars Richard Widmark as a medical-health-official doctor and Paul Douglas as a world-weary police captain who lead a life-or-death […]

Jan, 11

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