Derek Winnert

The Manchurian Candidate **** (2004, Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Jon Voight)) – Classic Movie Review 240

‘We can’t clean up the world with dirty hands.’ Denzel Washington and Liev Schreiber are superlative as soldiers brainwashed in the 1991 Gulf War in director Jonathan Demme’s heart-poundingly urgent 2004 update of the dazzling […]

Sep, 14 · in Reviews

The Manchurian Candidate ***** (1962, Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury) – Classic Movie Review 239

This dazzling, brilliant Sixties conspiracy political thriller from 1962 is cleverly adapted by George Axelrod from Richard Condon’s famous novel. The Manchurian Candidate won no Oscars but it’s now legendary, thanks to its ingenious plot […]

Sep, 14 · in Reviews

Nosferatu the Vampyre [Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht] **** (1979, Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz) – Classic Movie Review 238

‘The Master is coming.’ – Renfield. ‘Cruel is when you can’t die even if you want to.’ – Dracula. Director Werner Herzog triumphantly remakes the famous 1921 horror silent with all due respect to the […]

Sep, 14

Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors [Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens] ***** (1922, Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Ruth Landshoff) – Classic Movie Review 237

F W Murnau’s classic vampire film Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors is an unlicensed adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. The great grand-daddy of all horror movies, it is silent movie gothic horror at […]

Sep, 13

42 – Film Review

Writer-director Brian Helgeland’s old-fashioned biopic of Jackie Robinson, who made history as the first black man in the US baseball Major League, is incredibly well meaning and good hearted. Stirring and inspiring, it raises the […]

Sep, 11

Classe Tous Risques [The Big Risk] ***** (1960, Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marcel Dalio) – Classic Movie Review 236

Lino Ventura is perfect as a doomed anti-hero in Claude Sautet’s bleak, tough 1960 French film noir-style gangster film Classe Tous Risques [The Big Risk]. Sandra Milo plays a young actress befriended by a young […]

Sep, 11

Rush **** (2013, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl) – Movie Review

I really got a rush out of Rush. It’s really fast and furious, precision handled and a quirky labour of love. Chris Hemsworth is excellent as 70s British racing driver James Hunt, a charismatic playboy, and […]

Sep, 11

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