Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Return from the River Kwai **½ (1989, Edward Fox, Chris Penn, Denholm Elliott, Timothy Bottoms, George Takei) – Classic Movie Review 11,655

Director Andrew V McLaglen’s 1989 film Return from the River Kwai tells the true story about the Japanese (Tutsuya Nakadai, George Takei) escorting a POW battalion of true Brits (Edward Fox, Denholm Elliott) and Aussies […]

Oct, 17 · in Reviews

The Return of Captain Invincible *** (1983, Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Bill Hunter, Michael Pate, John Bluthal, Max Cullen) – Classic Movie Review 11,654

Director Philippe Mora’s 1983 Australian musical comedy superhero film The Return of Captain Invincible [Legend in Leotards] stars Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Kate Fitzpatrick and Bill Hunter. Captain Invincible (Arkin), now a boozy old-timer living in the Aussie […]

Oct, 16 · in Reviews

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ***½ (1975, director Philippe Mora) – Classic Movie Review 11,653

The 1975 documentary film Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is an extremely well done and enjoyable view of America in the Great Depression era, built up (by French Australian film director Philippe Mora, working […]

Oct, 16

Bronco Bullfrog ***½ (1970, Del Walker, Anne Gooding, Sam Shepherd) Classic Movie Review 11,652

Writer-director Barney Platts-Mills’s 1970 British black and white film Bronco Bullfrog (83 minutes, 35 mm) is a commendable and compelling British low-budget drama (£17,000), showing in realist style life as it was in 1970 for […]

Oct, 16

Inchon (1981, Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshiro Mifune, Richard Roundtree) – Classic Movie Review 11,651

‘LOVE. DESTINY. HEROES. War Changes Everything’ Director Terence Young’s 1981 epic war film Inchon re-creates the Battle of Inchon during the Korean War and is reputedly one of the most expensive films and one of the […]

Oct, 16

The Goddess **** (1958, Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Steven Hill, Betty Lou Holland, Patty Duke) – Classic Movie Review 11,650

The 1958 American black and white drama film The Goddess stars Kim Stanley, who is wonderful in her film debut in writer Paddy Chayefsky’s powerful indictment of the Hollywood star system, loosely based on the […]

Oct, 15

Life for Ruth *** (1962, Michael Craig, Patrick McGoohan, Janet Munro, Paul Rogers, Megs Jenkins, Frank Finlay) – Classic Movie Review 11,649

Basil Dearden’s well-meaning and sincere 1962 British drama Life for Ruth helped caused the demise of the notable Allied Film Makers company. Director Basil Dearden’s well-meaning and sincere 1962 British drama Life for Ruth [Walk […]

Oct, 15

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