Derek Winnert

The Secret in Their Eyes [El secreto de sus ojos] **** (2009, Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella) – Classic Movie Review 11,657

Ah yes, the 2010 Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, for Argentina. The Secret in Their Eyes [El secreto de sus ojos] is a classy, haunting, and beautifully acted 2009 Argentinian crime drama film, […]

Oct, 17 · in Reviews

Three Sisters *** (1970, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Jeanne Watts, Louise Purnell, Derek Jacobi, Alan Bates, Ronald Pickup) – Classic Movie Review 11,656

Laurence Olivier’s 1970 film of his 1967 British Royal National Theatre version of the 1901 Anton Chekhov play Three Sisters [Tri Sestry] is theatrical and stiff, but precious for the rousing acting from his Joan […]

Oct, 17 · in Reviews

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

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

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

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