Derek Winnert

The Vikings **** (1958, Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh, James Donald, Alexander Knox, Maxine Audley, Frank Thring) – Classic Movie Review 143

Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine and Janet Leigh are all in their glorious prime in this exciting, top-quality period adventure hokum from 1958. Douglas (Einar) and Curtis (Eric) fight it out with vicious abandon […]

Aug, 10 · in Reviews

From Dusk Till Dawn **** (1996, Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 142

Lustily made in 1996 by director Robert Rodriguez, with a typically vibrant screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, this highly popular cult horror thriller is a lot of good, disreputable fun, though it’s quite crudely done and very […]

Aug, 09 · in Reviews

Monsters, Inc. ***** (2001, voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Mary Gibbs) – Classic Movie Review 141

This massively delightful, deliciously quirky 2002 computer animation from Pixar, the makers of Toy Story and A Bug’s Life, is a guaranteed monster hit for all audiences, created with every ounce of the company’s originality […]

Aug, 09

Once Upon a Time in the West [C’era una volta il West] ***** (1968, Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards) – Classic Movie Review 140

Sergio Leone’s epic masterwork Once Upon a Time in the West [C’era una volta il West] (1968) is one of the cinema’s greatest Western films and most revered of Spaghetti Westerns. Complexly plotted, thrilling, vast […]

Aug, 09

Once Upon a Time in America ***** (1984, Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci. Burt Young, Tuesday Weld, Treat Williams, Danny Aiello) – Classic Movie Review 139

Robert De Niro and James Woods star as Jewish New York hoodlum buddies in Sergio Leone’s exhilarating 1984 gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America. In his final film, Sergio Leone’s great 1984 epic […]

Aug, 09

Henry V ***** (1944, Laurence Olivier, Renée Asherson, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Esmond Knight, Leo Genn, Felix Aylmer, George Cole) – Classic Movie Review 138

Laurence Olivier’s inspired and stirring version of the popular historical play by William Shakespeare is a personal triumph for him, a highlight of his life and career. It’s the definitive and classic movie of the […]

Aug, 08

L’Innocente [The Innocent] ***** (1976, Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O’Neill, Marc Porel) – Classic Movie Review 137

‘Peasants always like to see their masters well dressed.’ Italian old master Luchino Visconti’s exquisite, meticulously realised tale of period Italian social manners and the sexual hypocrisy of the age is a magnificent achievement. It’s […]

Aug, 08

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